CO129-455 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [7-9] — Page 193

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 18th August, 1919,

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My Lord,

I have the honour to acknowledge the 32973 receipt of Your Lordship's Despatch No. 310 of the 19th June,

1919, and to inform you that the inconsistency in section 2 (d) of the Banking Business (Prohibited Control) Ordinace, 1919, to which Your Lordship has called attention, has bee referred to the Acting Attorney-General, who has reported on the matter in a minute of which I enclose a copy.

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In the circumstances, I should be glad to receive Your Lordship's permission to allow the Bill to stand in its present form until such time as Mr. J. H. Kemp, Attorney-General, returns from leave,

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

Claustevem

Officer Administering the Government.

THE RIGHT HONDURABLE

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VISCOUNT MILNER, G.C.B.,

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