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149

as it does more than 100,000 Chinese. The

object does not

intention to effect, such an object

however appear on the face of that which I now

believe

[unreadable text, possibly due to OCR error or non-English script]

He first attempt made in that

direction viz. the Chinese petition of January 1851 now before me and in which permission is asked merely to build a Temple wherein the "Ancestral

tablets of their Countrymen dying in the Colony

#

I might be placed till their fellow villagers

[unreadable text, possibly due to OCR error or non-English script]

connections visiting Hong Kong could carry them home."

18.

A plot of ground was then granted

them to hold rent free for that purpose

!!

#

so long as it was

• used solely as a temple".

not long

I

came here in June 1866.

was

that condition however, was

observed, for soon after Surveyor General reported that Coffins

containing bodies

were

stowed

away near

the Temple. The Colonial Surgeon however

in a minute now

before me reported that the

coffins

were

solid well closed and in no way

a nuisance and that he had known the:

He also mentioned as a

place for years.

much greater

nuisance the practice of the

Keeper to let out a few small contiguous

rooms

to the friends of poor people sent there to die

so as

to

escape the expense and trouble of purifying their dwellings from the uncleanness brought by death.

9. Your Lordship thus perceives that

Chinese

way

into

no longer the pure

usages were gradually forcing their

and I specially

our

[unreadable text, possibly due to OCR error or non-English script]

drew

the Surveyor General (Mr. Wilson's) attention to that part of D. Maunay's Memo as he had an Inspector of Buildings

under

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149 as it does more than 100,000 Chinese. The object does not intention to effect, such an object however appear on the face of that which I now believe [unreadable text, possibly due to OCR error or non-English script] He first attempt made in that direction viz. the Chinese petition of January 1851 now before me and in which permission is asked merely to build a Temple wherein the "Ancestral tablets of their Countrymen dying in the Colony # I might be placed till their fellow villagers [unreadable text, possibly due to OCR error or non-English script] connections visiting Hong Kong could carry them home." 18. A plot of ground was then granted them to hold rent free for that purpose !! # so long as it was used solely as a temple". not long I came here in June 1866. was that condition however, was observed, for soon after Surveyor General reported that Coffins containing bodies were stowed away near the Temple. The Colonial Surgeon however in a minute now before me reported that the coffins were solid well closed and in no way a nuisance and that he had known the: He also mentioned as a place for years. much greater nuisance the practice of the Keeper to let out a few small contiguous rooms to the friends of poor people sent there to die so as to escape the expense and trouble of purifying their dwellings from the uncleanness brought by death. 9. Your Lordship thus perceives that Chinese way into no longer the pure usages were gradually forcing their and I specially our [unreadable text, possibly due to OCR error or non-English script] drew the Surveyor General (Mr. Wilson's) attention to that part of D. Maunay's Memo as he had an Inspector of Buildings under
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149 as it does more than 100,000 Chinese. The object does not intention to effect, such an object however appear on the face of that which I now believe من ريد He first attempt made in that ¿direction viz. the bhinese petition of January 1851 now before me and in which permission is asked. merely to build a Temple wherein the "Ancestral tablets of their Countrymen dying in the bolony # I might be placed till their fellow villagers سارت connections visiting Honyting could carry them home." 18. A plet of pound was then granted. them to hold rent free for that purpose !! # so long as it was used solely as a temple". not long I came here the June 1866. was that condition however, was abserved, for soon after Surveyor General reparted that Coffins containing bodies were stowed away near the Temple. The Colonial Surgeon however in a minute now. coffino were before me reported that the solid well closed- and in no way a nuisance and that he had known the: He also mentioned as a place for years. much greater muisance the practice of the greater nuisance the fir Keeper to let out a few small contiguous pooms to the friends of poor people sent there to die so as to k escape the expense and trouble of purifying their dwellings from the uncleanness brought by death. 9. Your Lordship thus perceives that bhinese way into Io longer the pu usages were gradually forcing their and I specially our midot and ལ་དཀར་ཆར་མི་ཚ drew the Sunveijar General (M: Wilson's) attention to that part of D. Maunay's Ment as he had an Inspector of Buildings under
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149

as it does more than 100,000 Chinese. The

object does not

intention to effect, such an object

however appear on the face of that which I now

believe

من ريد

He first attempt made in that

¿direction viz. the bhinese petition of January 1851 now before me and in which permission is asked. merely to build a Temple wherein the "Ancestral

tablets of their Countrymen dying in the bolony

#

I might be placed till their fellow villagers

سارت

connections visiting Honyting could carry them home."

18.

A plet of pound was then granted.

them to hold rent free for that purpose

!!

#

so long as it was

• used solely as a temple".

not long

I

came here the June 1866.

was

that condition however, was

abserved, for soon after Surveyor General reparted that Coffins

containing bodies

were

stowed

away near

the Temple. The Colonial Surgeon however

in a minute now.

coffino

were

before me reported that the

solid well closed- and in no way

a nuisance and that he had known the:

He also mentioned as a

place for years.

much greater

muisance the practice of the greater nuisance the fir

Keeper to let out a few small contiguous

pooms

to the friends of poor people sent there to die

so as

to

k

escape the expense and trouble of purifying their dwellings from the uncleanness brought by death.

9. Your Lordship thus perceives that

bhinese

way

into

Io longer the pu

usages were gradually forcing their

and I specially

our

midot and

ལ་དཀར་ཆར་མི་ཚ

drew

the Sunveijar General (M: Wilson's) attention to that part of D. Maunay's Ment as he had an Inspector of Buildings

under

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