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To the Right Honorable Secretary of
State
for
the matter
the Colony how to arrange for the future, we think that the
other claim admits of no
difficulty.
In fact the Right-
Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has recognized it to be unfair that the Roman Catholic authorities representing the majority of the Christians in Hong Kong should have contributed
to the expenses of the worship of the
minority while they (the Catholics) were not receiving any gratification,
it seems to us that
the claim for a compensation for
the past is settled and clear, and
what the Government
we should: ever
intends to do. The present state of things is not of today but for several years past we have been labouring
under an
unfair treatment and even now the Roman Catholics are
continually
making expenses for the maintenance of their worship and contributing toward the expenses of the Anglican worship without receiving any compensation.
The matter is claiming
our most serious attention as we
are convinced that the claims of the Roman Catholics are just and fair. The principle of equality once conceded we feel the most perfect confidence that Her Majesty's Government will give effect to that principle in all its consequences.
I have, &c.
(Signed) John Timoleon Raimondi
Bishop Vicar Apostolic
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