Before leaving the bar I may try to answer a question which has often been put to me as to the relative merits of the systems, one retaining two branches of the profession distinct and the other amal-gameting them. The former exists in Hongkong, the latter in China. In places where the numbers of the profession are limited as in Hong-parent strength of his legal position or vice versa; to put it otherwise, the consideration, if not the presentation, of a case by one who brings an independent mind to it is a great element of strength.
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