The Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Colonial Secretary, who is now recovering from his attack of typhoid fever, left here on the 24th instant, in the Empress of India, for a trip North, in order to complete his'cure. During his absence the Hon, T. Sercombe Smith will continue to fill his place in the Colonial Secretariat. Mr. Smith has acted as Colonial Secretary on a previous occasion, and gained considerable credit in that post. But his withdrawal from the bench has unfortunately been the means of postponing the trip to Japan of Sir John Carrington, who needs a change and had made arrangements for a short leave, but these are upset for the present and the hardworking Chief Justice has been obliged to defer his holiday.
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