CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880 — Page 219

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GENERAL.

Some arrangement should therefore be made, if possible, to secure that a real and substantial charter or subsidy be entered into or paid by the foreign Government.

We see no objection to the passing of a local Ordinance at Hong Kong, giving the privileges and immunities of the Vth Article of the Postal Convention with France to the vessels of the "Messageries Maritimes;" but we think that local Ordinance should at first be only temporary, and that the attention of the French Government should be called to the difficulty in which Her Majesty's Government is placed by the decision in the "Parlement Belge," and which difficulty Her Majesty's Government will endeavour to remove by legislation at the earliest moment.

We have, &c.

(Signed)

JOHN HOLKER. HARDINGE S. GIFFARD. J. PARKER DEANE.

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2 GENERAL. Some arrangement should therefore be made, if possible, to secure that a real and substantial charter or subsidy be entered into or paid by the foreign Government. We see no objection to the passing of a local Ordinance at Hong Kong, giving the privileges and immunities of the Vth Article of the Postal Convention with France to the vessels of the "Messageries Maritimes;" but we think that local Ordinance should at first be only temporary, and that the attention of the French Government should be called to the difficulty in which Her Majesty's Government is placed by the decision in the "Parlement Belge," and which difficulty Her Majesty's Government will endeavour to remove by legislation at the earliest moment. We have, &c. (Signed) JOHN HOLKER. HARDINGE S. GIFFARD. J. PARKER DEANE. 216 Page 2 Page 216
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2 GENERAL. Some arrangement should therefore be made, if possible, to secure that a real and substantial charter or subsidy be entered into or paid by the foreign Government. We see no objection to the passing of a local Ordinance at Hong Kong, giving the privileges and immunities of the Vth Article of the Postal Convention with France to the vessels of the "Messageries Maritimes;" but we think that local Ordinance should at first be only temporary, and that the attention of the French Government should be called to the difficulty in which Her Majesty's Government is placed by the decision in the "Parlement Belge," and which difficulty Her Majesty's Government will endeavour to remove by legislation at the earliest moment. We have, &c. (Signed) JOHN HOLKER. HARDINGE S. GIFFARD. J. PARKER DEANE. 216
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GENERAL.

Some arrangement should therefore be made, if possible, to secure that a real and substantial charter or subsidy be entered into or paid by the foreign Government.

We see no objection to the passing of a local Ordinance at Hong Kong, giving the privileges and immunities of the Vth Article of the Postal Convention with France to the vessels of the "Messageries Maritimes;" but we think that local Ordinance should at first be only temporary, and that the attention of the French Government should be called to the difficulty in which Her Majesty's Government is placed by the decision in the "Parlement Belge," and which difficulty Her Majesty's Government will endeavour to remove by legislation at the earliest moment.

We have, &c.

(Signed)

JOHN HOLKER. HARDINGE S. GIFFARD. J. PARKER DEANE.

216

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