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and protects their rights. This is no

easy

where

watter to effect in this Colony Hestern and Eastern civilizations meet,

and where manners, crestoms, religions, and traditions differ so widely, Hongkong.

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as in

When Governor Sir G. Bowen

appoint a Chinese Meuber

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of

the

Legislative Comeil, he did not select the

person whom

many

Europeans desired,

but let tris choice fall on

the per

(tr Nony Shing) whom the Registrer

ural had ascertrived to be desired

as their representative by

the leading

wwuchers

of the Chinese Community. On a -recent occasion, when there

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See Governor to Secretary of State N2.355 of 1883.

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munity against the recive and other incowenieuer attendinga Chincre

eligious festival, the Coveruuuuct scopportet. the Chicose in the froe exercise of their rights. Sometimes it is simply impossible

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to carry out the views of the Chiura in euch subjects, for example, as

Sanitation, but

that does not militate against

statement at

the

already made that, as for as

practicable, their wier's are attended to- This whole subject is fully disaccoond

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in the Governor's Despatch N.360

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May, 1885, and in the Secretary of:

dated 18th July, 1883. Sir

State's reply

George Bowen,

as will be seen

paragraph 7 of 71.240, supported the

Chinese in the matter.

from

of their religious

petitions

were addressed to him by

processions and observances, although