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Bench of Justices and by the
Chamber of Commerce. All that
the English settlers at Hongkong
now claim is that, as a
as a general
rule, and in matters of purely
local and municipal concern, in
which no
S
for the
settlers at Shanghai, through their
Municipal Council, under the
supervision of the Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs and of the British Minister at Peking. I am
in
to
Imperial interests are involved, they should be permitted to exercise, through their Legislative Council, and under the supervision of the Secretary of State
for
the
Colonies and of the Governor, those municipal privileges which are freely exercised by the English
settlers
free
confess, Executive Council, and with the
that in common with the
other chief Officers of Government, I fail to perceive any sufficient reason why this ordinary privilege of British subjects, which is enjoyed by every Town Council in Great Britain, and by the Municipalities of British India and of other Crown Colonies, should be
with nee