CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 300

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5 297

29th May 1894:

Council, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Honourable E. R. Belilios, member of the Legislative Council, C.M.G., in which these gentlemen express their decided opinion that the prayer of the Petition should not be granted.

These papers will be of material assistance in enabling Your Lordship to arrive at a decision upon the subject.

The second clause of the Petition seems to me to be an answer to several requests of the Petitioners.

It is impossible that Hong Kong can have been otherwise than well governed if it has risen to the prosperous condition which the Petitioners claim for it and that it has reached that pitch of prosperity under "the Crown Colony system" is

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4. 5 297 29th May 1894: Council, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Honourable E. R. Belilios, member of the Legislative Council, C.M.G., in which these gentlemen express their decided opinion that the prayer of the Petition should not be granted. These papers will be of material assistance in enabling Your Lordship to arrive at a decision upon the subject. The second clause of the Petition seems to me to be an answer to several requests of the Petitioners. It is impossible that Hong Kong can have been otherwise than well governed if it has risen to the prosperous condition which the Petitioners claim for it and that it has reached that pitch of prosperity under "the Crown Colony system" is Page 300 Page 301
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4. 5 297 29th May 1894: Council, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Honourable E. R. Belilios Encl. 4. member of the Legislative Council, C.M.G., in which these gentlemen express their decided opinion that the prayer of the Petition should not be granted. papers will be These papers of material assistance in enabling Your Lordship to arrive at a decision upon the subject. The The second clause of the Petition seems to me to an andwer to the supply several requests of the Pe. titioners. It is impossible that HongKong can have been ~ otherwise than well governed if it has risen to the prosper ous condition which the Pe titioners claim for it and that it has reached that pitch of prosperity under "the Crown Colony system" is Page 300Page 301
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4.

5 297

29th May 1894:

Council, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Honourable E. R. Belilios Encl. 4. member of the Legislative Council, C.M.G., in which these gentlemen express their decided opinion that the prayer of the Petition should not be granted.

papers will be

These papers of material assistance in enabling Your Lordship to arrive at a decision upon the subject.

The

The second clause of

the Petition seems to me to

an andwer

to the

supply several requests of the Pe.

titioners.

It is impossible that

HongKong

can have been ~ otherwise than well governed if it has risen to the prosper

ous condition which the Pe titioners claim for it and that it has reached that

pitch of prosperity under "the Crown Colony system"

is

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