CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 298

Government House, Hong Kong, 5th June, 1894.

My Lord Marquess,

I have the honour to transmit to you a Petition which has been forwarded to me by the Honourable T. H. Whitehead. I beg to request that it may be laid before the Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, K.G.,

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