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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH OCTOBER, 1897.
7. I transmit an account of the proceedings of the Committee from which it will be seen that with the exception of two dissentients they unanimously resolved to adopt the three schemes to which I have specially referred.
8. When it is recognised that this decision involves an ultimate expenditure of over £30,000, it is hardly necessary to state that the European residents of this Colony are deeply imbued with the strongest feelings of loyalty and affection towards Her Majesty the Queen. I would call your attention to the letters which the local Committee have received from members of the German, Portuguese, and American Communities, and I anticipate also a cordial response from the Chinese, whether naturalised British subjects or otherwise.
9. Under the circumstances I have described there can, I think, be no doubt that the different nationalities in Ilongkong appreciate to the full the benefits they derive from their residence in this the most remote aud not the least important of Her Majesty's possessions.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
(Secretary of State to Governor.)
DOWNING STREET,
10th June, 1897.
HONGKONG.
SIR,
No. 114.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 96 of the 27th of April, regarding the proposals for establishing permanent memorials in Hongkong of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign, and I must express my satisfaction at the evidence, which the papers enclosed in your despatch afford, of loyalty and public spirit on the part of all sections of the Hongkong community. 2. I have already conveyed to you in general terms my approval of these proposals, in my telegram of the 22nd of April last, and in my despatch No. 84 of the 23rd of April.
3. I shall be glad to receive from you in due course full particulars of the plan finally adopted for the Women and Children's Hospital and the Nurses' Institute; and also information as to how many iniles of the proposed Road will be undertaken in the first instance and in what direction.
4. In approving the scheme for a Road round the Island, I must not be understood to have sanctioned the raising of a loan for the purpose of completing it at an early date. as appears to have been contemplated by some at any rate of the supporters of the scheme 4; but the road should, in my opinion, be constructed gradually out of current revenue, supplemented by whatever subscriptions may be raised for the purpose on the present occasion.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
Governor
Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,
&lin
&c.,
&c.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Acting Director of Public Works to Colonial Secretary.)
Public Works Department.
SIR,
No. 607.
PUBLIC WORKs Office, HONGKONG, 8th October, 1897.
In accordance with your request contained in Colonial Office Despatch No.
r,
I now have the honour to forward for the information of the Secretary of State the following report on the works to be undertaken in this Colony in commemoration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's prolonged Reign.