CO129-216 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [5-6] — Page 394

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the town could not in

As

before at a

very

be sold

future high price,

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people will always be afraid of m buying it, and both the Catholia

Community

and the Colony of HongKong will suffer, the former by not being

able to have the New Cathedral

finished in time to

supply

imperious wouts caused by

its

ito

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daily increasing and the latter ___

our not

for our

being able now to get

"such amount of fireeds by the sale

of!

the lot to oniament the exterior

the Church as much as

of the

wve

had

desired to render the Cathedral a

worthy

resomument of the Colony Thanking His Excellency the Governor for his kindness

of

my

trauemitting very letter to the coutury of State for the Colonies,

I have

(oligued) Johu I. Raimondi

Titular Bishop of Acantho aud

Vroar Apostolic of HongKong.

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