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In your magnificent harbour, the Navies of Great Britain can ride in safety, whilst you continue to prosecute that commercial activity, which under their protection, would seem to make Hongkong one of the most important cities of the East, and to raise her inhabitants to a high prosperity.
I will only add that I shall ever take a deep concern in all that promotes the prosperity of this loyal and enterprising Community.
To the Inhabitants
of the Colony
of Hongkong.
ALFRED.
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Reply of His Royal Highness.
GENTLEMEN,-I thank you with all sincerity for the Address you have just presented to me, and for the hearty welcome you have given me to Hongkong.
It will be a great pleasure to me to inform Her Majesty of the proof which you have given me to-day of your loyalty and devotion to Her Throne and Person, and of your gratitude for those blessings which you, and so many others of Her subjects in all parts of the world, have enjoyed during Her Reign.
I shall carry back to England a lively recollection of to-day's proceedings, and of your kindness to myself, but above all of these hearty demonstrations which so ably express your devotion and submission to the laws and institutions of Great Britain.
To the Members of the Parsee Community.
ALFRED.
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The Address from the Parsee Community.
To His Royal Highness THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., K.T.
May it please Your Royal Highness;
The members of the Parsee Community resident in Hongkong, desire to approach Your Royal Highness with expressions of the sincerest loyalty to the Queen, and of affectionate regard to Your Royal Highness, both individually and as representative of Her Majesty.
The Parsee residents in the dominions of the Queen of England, or rather the Empress of India, as they are proud to style their Sovereign, have ever been sensible of the great benefits of the enlightened rule under which it is their fortune to be placed; and those who are temporarily sojourning in this Colony, feel that they cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without expressing their loyalty and respect, and they trust they may be permitted to cherish the hope that the heartfelt welcome with which they now greet Your Royal Highness, will be retained as a small item in the happy recollections of Your Royal Highness's travels round the world.
(Signed),
D. RUTTUNJEE.
JEHANGEER FRAMJEE BUXEY.
BAPOOJEE PALLANJEE RANJEE.
NUSSERWANJEE P.M. FEROZE.
and 63 others.
Victoria, Hongkong, November, 1869.
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The Address from the Chinese Community to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.
The following is a translation of the Address presented to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the Chinese Community:--
To His Royal Highness PRINCE ALFRED, Duke of Edinburgh, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c., &c., &c. Prince of the Royal House of England.
Illustrious descendant of an illustrious race.
Fair as the plumes of the Phoenix, that sits in the crimson nest;
Graceful as the Unicorn, auspiciously nurtured on the sombre hills.
Whose comely form and matchless mien raise you above the common herd.
Gifted with charms of youth, which are like the fresh spring;
The time was when, bedecked with jewels, with hasty step, you entered the Royal Presence-
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In your magnificent harbour, the Navies of Great Britain can ride in safety, whilst you continue to prosecute that commercial activity, which under their protection, would seem to make Hongkong one of the most important cities of the East, and to raise her inhabitants to a high prosperity.
I will only add that I shall ever take a deep concern in all that promotes the prosperity of this loyal and enterprising Community.
To the Inhabitants
of the Colony
of Hongkong.
ALFRED.
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Reply of His Royal Highness.
GENTLEMEN,-I thank you with all sincerity for the Address have just presented to me, and for the hearty welcome you have given me to Hongkong.
It will be a great pleasure to me to inform Her Majesty of the proof which you have given me to-day of your loyalty and devotion to Her Throne and Person, and of your gratitude for those blessings which you, and so many others of Her subjects in all parts of the world, have enjoyed during Her Reign.
I shall carry back to England a lively recollection of to-day's pro- ceedings, and of your kindness to myself, but above all of these hearty demonstrations which so ably express your devotion and submission to the laws and institutions of Great Britain.
To the Members of the Parsee Community.
ALFRED.
(C)
The Address from the Parsee Community.
To His Royal Highness THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., K.T. May it please Your Royal Highness;
The members of the Parsee Community resident in Hongkong, desire to approach Your Royal Highness with expressions of the sincerest loyalty to the Queen, and of affectionate regard to Your Royal Highness, both individually and as representative of Her Majesty.
The Parsee residents in the dominions of the Queen of England, or rather the Empress of India, as they are proud to style their Sovereign, have ever been sensible of the great benefits of the enlightened rule under which it is their fortune to be placed; and those who are tempo- rarily sojourning in this Colony, feel that they cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without expressing their loyalty and respect, and they trust they may be permitted to cherish the hope that the heartfelt welcome with which they now greet Your Royal Highness, will be retained as a small item in the happy recollections of Your Royal High- ness's travels round the world.
(Signed),
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D. RUTTUNJEE.
JEHANGEER FRAMJEE BUXEY. BAPOOJEE PALLANJEE RANJEE. NUSSERWANJEE P. M. FEROZE.
and 63 others.
Victoria, Hongkong, November, 1869.
(D)
The Address from the Chinese Community to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.
The following is a translation of the Address presented to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the Chinese Community :--
To His Royal Highness PRINCE ALFRED, Duke of Edinburgh, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c., &c., &c. Prince of the Royal House of England.
Illustrious descendant of an illustrious race.
Fair as the plumes of the Phoenix, that sits in the crimson nest; Graceful as the Unicorn, auspiciously nurtured on the sombre hills. Whose comely form and matchless mien raise you above the common herd.
Gifted with charms of youth, which are like the fresh spring; The time was when, bedecked with jewels, with hasty step, you entered the Royal Presence-
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