and
accepted by battistice as a final satisfactory settlement
The principle of equality conceded we feel the more confidence that Her Majesty's Government will give effect to that
principle
in all its consequences, and we are
content to leave the
final settlement in the hand of the Secretary of State and to indicate should they be willing to do so, the most acceptable form that compromise settlement could take.
His Excellency the Governor will greatly oblige us by sending a copy of this letter to the Right Honorable Secretary of State for
the
above, while we, as our rules prescribe, will send a copy to our Ecclesiastical authorities at home
(Signed) John Timoleon Raimonde
Bishop of Acanthus in p. s. Vicar Apostolic of Hongkong
prescribe