last in the list of the petitioners
Claims
be given
in
that
they
should
a consultative voice
questions of an Imperial
Character
This sentence
Seems to point to some thing
it is
Imperial Federation, and
possibly
reference
written with
to the Imported
question in which Hauling
been
military contribution questions which has caused too much
difficulty
in various colonies
The
including Hongkong. Subject raised 15 September
and
so
So vague
is
that it would
be useless to attempt to
discuss
deal with it. The bewailed The question of
merely a general remodelling of
the colonial
as it
he would necessarily become
scheme
374
system of Great Britain - for it
would probably
amount to no
less. is one on which I do
not feel I am not prepared to
I state simply
and that
for a federation deal. But I may ask
under the existing system
Su
of the supine
interesting
matter in
question; but it
me
of too wide a for reaching a decision
The dealt write
m. Samples
To sum up
When
questions arise which concern various colonies, it has been the endeavour
my
predecessors in office
and it is my
own earnest
endeavour, that the claims
even
of
the interests and the prejudices,
of
be
I each colony shall adequately set forth and fully and fairly considered. -15. The petitioners ask
nominally that Hongkong
should be
given self government, and an
elective system