CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 419

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renewal of that experience as long.

the

as

present system is maintained in force, - are regarded in this community, with a feeling very opposite of satisfaction. The General, the Admiral, the principal Naval and Military officers, the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Attorney-General, and the Leaders of the Colonial Society, regard the existing system

Nor should we

as an "indignity".

forget the impression - which the sight of a Gaoler or Police Officer filling the place of the Representative of the Queen of England, is naturally calculated to make on the Admirals, Ministers and other Functionaries, of Foreign Powers, who frequently visit this Port; and on an acute and sensitive Oriental people like the Chinese.

4.

By way of illustration, it might be remarked that the feeling towards the existing system among the Naval and Military Authorities, the Judges, and the leaders of the Colonial Society at HongKong, is analogous to the feeling which would arise among the Naval and Military Authorities at Portsmouth and the County Magistrates and nobility and gentry of Hampshire, if, by strange legislation, a system should be inaugurated under which it would be possible for the Superintendent of the Gaol at Portsmouth to become invested with the high dignity of the Lord Lieutenant of the County, together with the autocratic powers of the Governor of a Crown Colony.

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6 4157 renewal of that experience as long. the as present system is maintained in force, - are regarded in this community, with a feeling very opposite of satisfaction. The General, the Admiral, the principal Naval and Military officers, the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Attorney-General, and the Leaders of the Colonial Society, regard the existing system Nor should we as an "indignity". forget the impression - which the sight of a Gaoler or Police Officer filling the place of the Representative of the Queen of England, is naturally calculated to make on the Admirals, Ministers and other Functionaries, of Foreign Powers, who frequently visit this Port; and on an acute and sensitive Oriental people like the Chinese. 4. By way of illustration, it might be remarked that the feeling towards the existing system among the Naval and Military Authorities, the Judges, and the leaders of the Colonial Society at HongKong, is analogous to the feeling which would arise among the Naval and Military Authorities at Portsmouth and the County Magistrates and nobility and gentry of Hampshire, if, by strange legislation, a system should be inaugurated under which it would be possible for the Superintendent of the Gaol at Portsmouth to become invested with the high dignity of the Lord Lieutenant of the County, together with the autocratic powers of the Governor of a Crown Colony.
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6 4157 reneival of that experience as long. the as present system is maintained in force, - - are regarded in this community, with a feeling very opposite of satisfaction. The General, the Admiral, the principal Naval and Military officers, the Judges of the dupreme བན Court, the Attorney-ljeneral, and the Leaders of the Colonial Society, regard the existing system Nor should we as an "indignity". forget the impression - which the sight of a Gaoler or Police Officer filling the place of the Representative of the Queen of England, is naturally calculated is rich in bistation RM calculated to make on the Admirals, Ministers and other Functionaries, of Foreign Powers, who prequently, visit this Port; and on an acute and sensitive Oriental people like the Chinese. * X 4. By way of illustration, it might be remarked that the feeling towards the existing system among the Naval and Military Authorities, the Judges, and the leaders of the Colonial Society at BongKong, is analogous to the feeling which the Naval and Military among would arise some Authorities at Portsmouth and the County Magistrates and nobility and gentry of Hampshire, if, by strange legislation, a system should inaugurated under which it would be possible for the Superintendent of the Gool at Portsmouth to become invested with the high dignity of the Lord Lieutenant of the County, together with the autocratie powers of the Governor of a Crown Colony.
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reneival of that experience as long.

the

as

present system is maintained in

force, -

- are regarded in this community, with a feeling very opposite of

satisfaction. The General, the Admiral,

the principal Naval and Military officers, the Judges of the dupreme

བན

Court, the Attorney-ljeneral, and the Leaders of the Colonial Society, regard

the existing system

Nor should we

as an

"indignity".

forget the impression

- which the sight of a Gaoler or Police Officer filling the place of the Representative of the Queen of England, is naturally

calculated

is rich in

bistation RM

calculated to make on the Admirals,

Ministers and other Functionaries, of

Foreign Powers, who prequently, visit this Port; and on an acute and sensitive

Oriental people like the Chinese. *

X

4.

By way of illustration, it might be remarked that the feeling towards the existing system among

the Naval and Military Authorities, the Judges, and the leaders of the Colonial Society at BongKong, is analogous to the feeling which the Naval and Military among

would arise

some

Authorities at Portsmouth and the County Magistrates and nobility and gentry of Hampshire, if, by strange legislation, a system should inaugurated under which it would be possible for the Superintendent of the Gool at Portsmouth to become invested with the high dignity of the Lord Lieutenant of the County, together with the autocratie powers of the Governor of a Crown Colony.

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