CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879 — Page 31

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a

feen the untore & salute

British gramer in the wants

non

when

But if to

inty

AMA

this was may?

RM 157/18

It is clear that Sovernad

M. Meade.

Henniney

was wrong in

flying

Inpanese Kessel the English Blue Ensign. He would have been equally wrong had he flown,

as he appears to have intended the Red Ensign but whether he might not. have flawns the flag of the Sovero of Hong Kong is perhaps doubtful

O

this point I would refer you

to paragraph 5 of the Admiralty letter of the 28th July 1875 enclosed

in Cinculad of the 23rd.

the 23rd of any t

Reyns

Extract annent

tannused

of that

yead. But Soverned Hennessy admits he was

in flying the Blue Ensign.

2 With

wrong

regard to the question of saluting the (old) Adumalty Regulation page 12 Section 5 to which the Adinial refers would appead to confine such salutes to the official visits of Sovernos within the precincts of then governments but it would beem only politic and constion. to give and rescine salutes in the crcumstances mentioned by Governor Kennerity (though not

within the precincts

ofa

Colonial

Government) which appear somewhat Similar to the care of the Neigh Commissioners for Louth Africa and the Western Pacific su foot note Admiralty Regulations 1878/.5.

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