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APPENDIX.
(A)
LIST OF OFFICERS OF H.M.S. "GALATEA.”
CAPTAIN.
His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T., G.C.M.G...
Commander. Edward S. Adeane. .21 Sept. 68.
Lieutenants.
George R. Henenge .22 Jan. 67. Wallace B. McHardy .22 Jan. 67. Francis Romilly. .22 Jan. 67. Adolphus A. F. "Fitz-" 10 June 67.
George John W. Ramsay .19 Sept. 68.
Additional.
Lord Charles W. D. Beresford 17 Oct. 68.
Staff Commander.
1 22 Jan. 67.
Surgeon. William L. Powell. 4 July 08. (Additional in lieu of Assistant Surgeon.)
Paymaster.
Thomas Bradbridge .22 Jan. 67. Chief Engineer,
John Sear .26 Jan. 67.
Sub-Lieutenants. George R. C. Eyres .22 Jan. 67. Edward J. Fellowes .18 June 63.
Supernumerary.
William H. Bradley. 3 June 69. Charles Campbell .17 Oct. 68.
Captain of Marines. Robert F. Tayler. 28 Jan. 67:
Lieutenant of Marine Artillery. | Francis H. Poore .29 Jan. 67. Chaplain and Naval Instructor. Rev. John Milner, B.A. 23 Jan. 67.
Alvin C. Corry, (act.).17 Nov. 63.
Navigating Sub-Lieutenant. James R. Veitch... 3 Aug. 68,
Staff-Surgeon.
Alexander Watson, M.D..24 Mar. 69.
Assistant Surgeon.
William H. Symes. .22 Jan. 07.
Assistant Paymasters.
Edmund H. Key .22 Jan. 67. William O. Greenslade 1 Oct. 67.
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The Address from the Hongkong Community.
To His Royal Highness ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., K.T., &c.
We, the inhabitants of the Colony of Hongkong, desire to approach Your Royal Highness to offer our heartfelt congratulations and welcome upon your arrival at this remote Dependency of the Crown of Great Britain,
It affords us particular pleasure upon the occasion of this, the first visit of a Member of the Royal Family of England to this Colony, to express our loyal sentiments to a Son of a Sovereign so beloved by Her subjects, and so esteemed and respected by other nationalities as is Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
We beg also to express a hope that Your Royal Highness will experience some pleasure on finding, at so great a distance from home, how in the space of a few years, under the enlightened reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty, and under the blessings of the institutions of England, and the prestige of Her name, a Colony so important and considerable has arisen, and been maintained in peace upon the shores of the most populous and exclusive Empire in the world.
With sentiments of loyalty and respect, we have the honour to be, Your Royal Highness's most obedient servants.
(Signed by over 300 Residents.)
Reply of His Royal Highness.
GENTLEMEN,-No answer that I can return to your Address will sufficiently convey to you my thanks, or express the pleasure I have derived from the manifestations of loyalty and affection to Her Majesty the Queen, by which I have been met upon my arrival in Hongkong.
For myself, I rejoice at the opportunity which has been afforded me of visiting this City, the great emporium of British trade in China, and whose growing prosperity offers so striking an example of what may be effected by energy and enterprise, under the influence of free institutions.
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