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reason.
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Your Petitioners have suffered equally with the Europeans. reason of the fall in exchange whereas the Clinicce population of the Colony of the class of which the Chinese Police are composed have in no way suffered by
nor inconsequence of the increased price of certain food and clothing. The Chinese live principially upon rice, fish and tex the price of which in the belong
of Song Kong is practically the sance as it has been during the last livesity or thirty
years and moreover, they home their families either in Hong Kong
or in the immediate neighbourhood thereof and are able to support theme at are infinitely less expersee theore it is possible for you Pelitanors to support their families.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly frag
that
6 your Lordship may be plened to direct this compensation may be meade to them for the toes they have sustained and are surtaning by reason of the fall in exchange and that with ench object à
of salary man.
increase/
to
axc
be granted
6 your lotitioners as from such date as to your Lordship may loom
fave . And
your Peteliner will ever
So the
Inted the 20th day of fried 1895.