A change in the office of Crown Solicitor is impending. Mr, A. B. Johnson, of the firm of Johnson, Stokes, and Master, who has held the post for some fifteen years, is about to retire, and the Government have, I understand, offered and it has been accepted by Mr. H. L, Dennys. After Mr. Johnson, Mr. Dennys is one of the oldest legal practitioners in the Colony, having practised in the Courts some twenty-four years. No solicitor has a better knowledge of the Ordinances or a more intimate acquain tance with the Chinese and their customs. Mr. Dennys also possesses a fair knowledge of Chinese, and is an excellent advocate. He has a large criminal practice, which he will suronder on taking up his new appointment,
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