THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH FEBRUARY, 1880.
sitation in saying the practice of adoption and
買却螟 the practice of domestic service are good practices. And if in connection with these, in themselves
god practices, the doubtful practice of buying
and selling human beings has gone on for years hero, why is that? For this reason, that, though
h having and selling was alien to the British -titution, the Chinese community of this
ony were, themselves, as it were, kept or sed to remain, outside the British Constitu-
And whilst on the one hand it is only
that you should all be obedient to British
and net in accordance with the British Cons- a. on the other hand you are all entitled
revive the full benefits of that Constitution.
Here it is that the leading Chinese gentle-
nif this Coley are consulting together with
view of making arrangements in strict ac-
lunce with British law, but so that there shall no liturbance of their domestic customs, interfere with their social relations.
that, that they can carry on their system whoption and domestic service, but doing it
it any sort of traffic in human beings.
our address you have asked me to sanction
ablishment of a Chamber of Commerce
in connection with which would
. I unhesitatingly approve of the have made to me on that subject.
y hay to recommend a grant of the purpose, and I shall also be
pply to Sir MicHAEL HICKS-BLACH, of State for the Colonies, for per-
propose a vote of $10,000 for the Such a Chamber of Commerce and
In/bustrial Museum as you describe will
to you and will also be of advantage to vicinrers of England.
reference to the notice at the City Hall,
witch you have alluded, I will only say this, end upon which the City Hall stands
Crown land, that it was given by Sir TIER-
Homixsos to all the inhabitants of this : there was to be no distinction of race
ality, and when the builling was coin-
or early completed, a somewhat similar on was made by Governor MacDONNELL.
regret that some gentlemen upon the teo of the City Hall took the grave res- ity of not complying with my request
notice of the hours of admission to the
a shambl comata no distinction as between and Europeans. It has unfortunately l that a majority of the members of that the voted against the proposition that I them, namely, to have a free admission
sun without any distinction of na- r dies, it is only fair that you should ve no dirbt sond of you do, that the or five gentlenen upou that com
ave for desiring to have the Chinese ruly
one time and the Europeans at an-
that this were afraid that the presevics
and Eluopeans in the same Mustiça 140 some conflict or disturbanec.
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