C.O.
16557
Received 27 JUN 19
492
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The humble petition of the inhabitants of the
Paz Shui Hang, Shan Taui and San Tsun villages in the Ha Po
sub-district sheweth that your Petitioners obediently yield
their allegiance and pray that they may be mercifully protected. Your Petitioners who live in a remote part by the sea
and who are few in number have long looked up with reverence
to the benign policy of the British Government, which is so
well-known throughout the world and which produces contentment
in the hearts of all. When the Convention extending the
boundaries of Hongkong became known old and young were filled
with rejoicing and ready to yield submission.
On the 7th. and 8th. of May we read the Proclamations and became aware of the compassion of Our Queen for
Her people and of Her kindness to Her subjects.
Your Petitioners and the other villagers, having
realised that all are to be treated with equal kindness and
that the same protection is to be extended to all without
respect of persons which will enable them to enjoy the blessings of peace and live forever under the protecting aegis
of the laws of Great Britain, humbly approach your tribunal
to express their gratitude.
And Your Petitioners will ever pray.
11th. May, 1899.
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