PREFACE.
This Publication owes its existence to the following circumstance.
A few days after the departure of the Galatea from Hongkong, the Compiler, being at Government House, remarked on the universal feeling of satisfaction caused by the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and the reception which had been given him in this Colony; the Prince having expressed himself as much gratified, and every one having been charmed with the Prince. He, at the same time, referred to a rumour that was current, to the effect that it was intended to publish an official account of the leading events connected with the Royal visit; upon which His Excellency the Governor requested that he would undertake it, and offered to place at his disposal all the information which he possessed, and to give every assistance in his power. This request the Compiler, though unable to command much leisure, did not feel that he could, as a loyal Englishman, decline to accede to; and the brief Narrative which follows is the result. It will be seen that the nature of the task undertaken by him left little scope for originality, and that his duty has been less that of an Author than of a Chronicler.
He begs to acknowledge his obligations to the Editors of the China Mail and the Daily Press, both of whom cordially acceded to his request to be allowed to make extracts from their Journals and also to alter and adapt them according to his own views; a permission which has been freely used. To many private friends he
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PREFACE.
This Publication owes its existence to the following circumstance.
A few days after the departure of the Galatea from Hongkong, the Compiler, being at Government House, remarked on the universal feeling of satisfaction caused by the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and the reception which had been given him in this Colony; the Prince having expressed himself as much gratified, and every one having been charmed with the Prince. He, at the same time, referred to a rumour that was current, to the effect that it was intended to publish an official account of the leading events connected with the Royal visit; upon which His Excellency the Governor requested that he would undertake it, and offered to place at his disposal all the information which he possessed, and to give every assistance in his power. This request the Compiler, though unable to command much leisure, did not feel that he could, as a loyal Englishman, decline to accede to; and the brief Narrative which follows is the result. It will be seen that the nature of the task undertaken by him left little scope for originality, and that his duty has been less that of an Author than of a Chronicler.
He begs to acknowledge his obligations to the Editors of the China Mail and the Daily Press, both of whom cordially acceded to his request to be allowed to make extracts from their Journals and also to alter and adapt them according to his own views; a permission which has been freely used. To many private friends he
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This Publication owes its existence to the following circumstance.
A few days after the departure of the Galatea from Hongkong, the Compiler, being at Government House, remarked on the universal feeling of satisfaction caused by the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and the reception which had been given him in this Colony; the Prince having expressed himself as much gratified, and every one having been charmed with the Prince. He, at the same time, referred to a rumour that was current, to the effect that it was intended to publish an official account of the leading events connected with the Royal visit; upon which His Excellency the Governor requested that he would undertake it, and offered to place at his disposal all the information which he possessed, and to give every assistance in his power. This request the Compiler, though unable to command much leisure, did not feel that he could, as a loyal Englishman, decline to accede to; and the brief Narrative which follows is the result. It will be seen that the nature of the task undertaken by him left little scope for originality, and that his duty has been less that of an Author than of a Chronicler.
He begs to acknowledge his obligations to the Editors of the China Mail and the Daily Press, both of whom cordially acceded to his request to be allowed to make extracts from their Journals and also to alter and adapt them according to his own views; a permission which has been freely used. To many private friends he
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