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which was received with feelings of deep respect and
loyalty when I read it to the Legislative Council. I subsequently caused it to be published in the Gazette and
copies of it to be posted up throughout the Colony.
The telegram from Your Lordship
and His Majesty's Government was also greatly appreciated.
As Sir John Anderson asked me to
treat as confidential that part of his message of condolence which embodied the offer of the Legislative Council
of the Straits Settlements to give financial assistance if
necessary I only published the expression of sympathy
contained in the message. The offer and the tactful manner
in which it was made were most gratifying to me.
Sir Henry Blake naturally felt
keenly the disaster that had befallen the Colony with
which he was, to its great advantage, for 5 years so
intimately connected and his telegram expressed this
feeling.
The Viceroy of Canton sent Commodore Lui of the Imperial Chinese Navy to me to express
sympathy and offer assistance, the Governor of Macao
telegraphed at once his sincere condolences and the Consul-General