CO129-222 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [7-10] — Page 269

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Communications addressed to the Imperial Government by public bodies or

individuals in a Co

by

Colony shall pass

throughs the Governor, who is bound

to tranenict them with his

observations, and wittiout

innecessary delay.

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It is added:

This rule requiring trauermission of correspondence with the Secretary of state through the Governor, is based on the strongest grounds of "public convenience, in order that

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all communications ?

Verified

iications may be duly

as well wo

reported upon,

"before they reach the Secretary of State, It extends, therefore, to communications relating

to Public Affairs as well

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as the concerns of the writer; tothion " of all Public Functionaries of whatever " rank, and to those from public "bodies."

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my assumption of ther Government I found theat it had

beew for some time past the practice

the Chamber of Commerce at Hong Kong to Correspond directlys

of

And

without the intervention, or indeed the knowledge of the Governor, or of any other Colorical autturity, with the British Minister at Peking, on

matters affecting the trade and m shipping of this Colony, its relations with China, and the arrangement

of many questions cloitte the Clunbel

Government.