CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9] — Page 125

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Government House,

Hongkong, 9th. August, 1910.

unless the 0.A.3. wishes to recommend a local

man. Mr. Jacks, who is a Solicitor, might do.

I would group the Land Office and the Of-)

Grown

ficial Receiver's Office under the Sol. Cem as

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proposed. The 0.A.C. does not recommend an in-:

crease in the salary of the Land Officer, and,

as pressure of work will not arise if we have

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an Asst. Sol. Cen., there seems no need to increase

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the salary of the Deputy Off. Receiver - whether

he is in future called Off. Rec. does not seem

to matter. (He goes all the work at present, though

the Land Off. is titular Off. Rec. But i.sea no

reason to change his title, if it means raising

his pay ).

It will probably be best that the Land Officer

should act for the Crown Solicitor when the latter

is on leave, as the 0.A.C. proposes. He will be the

next Senior Officer in the joint Dept. Acting

appointments of course rest in the discretion of the

Gov., but it might be well to let the new Asst.

Crown Sol. know that he will have no claim to act

for the Crown Sol. in the latter's absence

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My Lord,

In accordance with the instruct-

-ions contained in Your Lordship's Despatch No. 190 of the

8th. of July, I have the honour to make the following

recommendations for the establishment of a separate Crown

Solicitor's Department with a Crown Solicitor who shall no

longer enjoy private practice.

2.

I am satisfied both from my own

observation and from enquiries I have made of the Attorney-

-General and of the Crown Solicitor, that it is impossible

for one individual to discharge the whole of the work of

the Crown Solicitor and to attend at the same time to the

many calls upon his time.

On page 2 of Mr. Bowley's letter

of the 2nd. of April there is a succinct and accurate

Mefollin

Wimmedin't it be well to

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statement of the reason why the Crown Solicitor's work is

so heavy. In addition much of his time is taken up in

RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREWE,

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