In conclusion I have to enclose for Your Lordship's information copy of a letter addressed by Bishop Raimondi to Sir G.W. Des Voeux, in reply to a letter embodying the substance of Your Lordship's despatch above referred to.
I have the honour to be My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, [illegible: likely "Brassey" or similar, but "Bartas." is kept as is due to uncertainty]
Enclosure 21st March 1891.
Bishop Raimondi to Governor of Hongkong.
Roman Catholic Mission, Hongkong, 21st March 1891
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter No 37 of the 11th March instant in which you inform me, with reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the Marriage Laws of the Colony, that the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies expresses himself as unable, with a view to their repeal, to reopen the whole question of the Marriage laws, on the sole ground...
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