I shall be obliged
if you will convey your approval to me
by telegraph,
the cost of which Mr Musson
undertakes to refund.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Within Rohingy
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Request for site for Wesleyan Soldiers & Sailors Home.
To the Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Hong-Kong, 11th March, 1897.
I have the honour to request that you will
place before His Excellency the Governor the following request and enclosures.
One of the schemes for celebrating the 60th year of Her Majesty's gracious reign is the establishment
of Soldiers & Sailors Homes in the Empire and the removal
of debts on existing ones by the "people called Methodists."
Hong-Kong is the first place selected abroad
owing to its peculiar needs, and the large number of sailors
on H.M. Ships wintering there, and the lack of existing Institutions.
I have been authorized & have the honour to
request His Excellency the Governor to graciously recommend
that a site of Government land be granted for this purpose
at a small crown rental. It is intended to erect thereon,
should...