CO129-230 - Public Offices & Others - 1886 — Page 244

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by the Hongkong Community, and to the apprehensions often expressed that the presence of a Chinese Consul would prove detrimental to

British interests and to those

of the Chinese Inhabitants of the Colony, Lord Rosebery would suggest that the appointment, if agreed to, should be experimental only, and that the assent of Her Majesty's government thereto should be so

guarded that the arrangement

may if necessary be

rescinded,

I am to

request that in laying this letter before Earl Granville, you

will

move His Lordship to inform Lord Rosebery whether he concurs in the views above expressed, in order that a reply may be returned to the application received from the Yamên

I am

Your most obedient, humble servant,

P.W. Fair

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243 by the Hongkong Community, and to the apprehensions often expressed that the presence of a Chinese Consul would prove detrimental to British interests and to those of the Chinese Inhabitants of the Colony, Lord Rosebery would suggest that the appointment, if agreed to, should be experimental only, and that the assent of Her Majesty's government thereto should be so guarded that the arrangement may if necessary be rescinded, I am to request that in laying this letter before Earl Granville, you will move His Lordship to inform Lord Rosebery whether he concurs in the views above expressed, in order that a reply may be returned to the application received from the Yamên I am Your most obedient, humble servant, P.W. Fair

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243 by the Hongkong Community, and to the apprehensions often expressed that the presence of a Chinese Consul would prove detrimental to British interests and to those of the Chinese Inhabitants of the Colony, Lord Rosebery would suggest that the appointment, if agreed to, should be experimental only, and that the assent of Her Majesty's government thereto should be so guarded that the arrangement may if necessary be rescinded, rescinded. Jam to request that in laying this letter before Earl Granville, you will move His Lordship to inform Lord Rosebery whether he concurs in the views above expressed, in order that a reply may be returned to the application received from the Yamên Jam lin Your most obedient, humble servant, P.Wfair

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by the Hongkong Community, and to the apprehensions often expressed that the presence of a Chinese Consul would prove detrimental to

British interests and to those

guarded that the arrangement

may if necessary be

rescinded,

rescinded.

Jam to

request that in laying this letter before Earl Granville, you

will

move His Lordship to inform Lord Rosebery whether he concurs in the views above expressed, in order that a reply may be returned to the application received from the Yamên

Jam

lin

Your most obedient, humble servant,

P.Wfair

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