13th May 1972.
His Excellency Sir Murray Maclehose,
K.C.M.G., M.B.E.,
Hong Kong.
Your Excellency,
At yesterday's Friday Lunch, I promised to give you some source material on the origins of the J.P. seat.
I quote from Norton-Kyshe. Vol.1 at Pages
260/261 :-
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The unofficial Justices of the Peace convened by circular at the request of the Governor, 'to take into consideration certain matters of importance to the interests of the Colony', met by appointment in the Council room of the Government Offices at noon, on Saturday the. 3rd November 1850. The Governor opened the proceedings by stating that he had invited the Justices to meet him in order to communicate the contents of à despatch he had received last mail from Earl Grey sanctioning his proposal or the admission of two members of the civil commity into the Legislative Council. He proceeded to say that the nomination rested with himself, but that he thought it better for the Justices to elect two of their own number, an announce- ment which, considering the oft-repeated representations upon the point, was received
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