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to the Secretary of State could be arrived ut by a Commission composed entirely of unofficials, or on which the unofficials were in a majority. "e should leave our case with conmlate confidence in their handa hecmure they are familiar with the conditions of life in the Colony and also with what ic done by
commercial firac under like circumstangen.
(sd) F. T. Piggott
Chief Justice.
(sd) Henry S. Berkeley
Attorney General.
(sd) S. T. Dunn
Supt. B. & F. Dept.
Mr. H. R. Phelips, local Auditor, at present absent from the Colony, has authorised me to say that he joins in this Memorial.
(sd) F.T.P.
The late Captain Barnes-Lawrence, R.N., Harbour Master,
participated in the drafting of thes Memorial.
(sd) F.T.P.
HongKong
30th October, 1906.