C. O.
5625
141
No. 2.
Hongkong,
19th
2 FEB
Government House
January, 1900.
Sir,
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With reference to my Despatch No.23 of the 19th instant, with which I have transmitted an Ordinance entitled "The Summoning of Chinese Ordinance, 1899," for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, I have now the honour to forward for your information the enclosed copy of a Protest by the Honourable T.H.Whitehead, Unofficial member of the Legislative Council, protesting against that Ordinance, together with a Memorandum dealing with that Protest by the Honourable J.H.Stewart Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
Enclosure 1 11th Jany. 1900.
Enclosure 2 15th Jany. 1900. With six Spare copies of each.
2. It is my intention to lay printed copies of the Memorial and Memorandum on the Council table at
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,