James William Norton-Kyshe
Published: 2017-11-17
Total Pages: 792
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Excerpt from The History of the Laws and Courts of Hongkong, Vol. 1 of 2: Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony From the Earliest Period to the Present Time The work, necessarily arduous, has not been prepared without considerable trouble, and the author begs to express his obligations to the Honourable the Chief J astice, Sir John Carrington, for much kindness and consideration shown to him during the entire progress of the work, and, with His Honour's permission, it is now respectfully inscribed to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.