CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 478

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Government had agreed to

Inve

the appoint Too Ping-lung, Chinese Consul at Singapore, to be Consul at Houghong

appointment

tment of Mr.

for

on the

one year, undering that he

should be withdrawn at

the end of that time

if

the appointment should be found not to work

well.

2.

With a view of making the announcement

public.

I laid a copy of - publis I laid Your Lordship's despateh - before the Legislative

Council at its last,

meeting.

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In the previous.

correspondence

On

the

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this appointment,

subject of this

Dir G. William Des Vaux has

referred fully to the objections which have always existed, and still do exist, on the part of the whole community

this