CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 367

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M. Belilios have refused Sign it, it bears the Dignatures

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M: Chater and D. "Ho Kai

both members

gm

the forumeil, g ๆ

M. Jackson Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Buth and of other leading I am therefore

residents

bound to assume

that it

is the matured conviction

of al lange and cuftertial

garlange

pration least a considerable

the

men proportion of most influential members of the community, that

are

Constitutional changes desirable at Hongkong and that for the present

system should

frown colony some measure of

be substituted self governme

ment.

It is my duty

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to cxamine the

which have been

brought forward,

with care

care and

Papay

attention; and I should be

wanting in countery if

not

give

at answer

I did

temath to a petition, which

is so for reaching in its scope

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arts for to wet and which has been so strongly supported. 3. The Petitioners have addressed themselves to the

House of Commons, as they have of course every right to do. From this it is

natural to in

infer

Consider that they

that they

have

grounde for discontent, which the Secretary of

unwilling

and that

7

State

is

or unable to remove

they

wish to