CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 377

oon local expenditure and the management of local affairs

Rovere There is

no doubt

8 point in these contentions, in that thema's municipal institutions, which are to be found

in Ceylo

and the Straits

Settlements, do not exist

in Hong Kong, but the difference at Hong Kong

must be to draw

a line between which would

rate between KAR

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mattar which might be

entrusted to a municipal Council and Hover which must

be

reserved for

the Colonial government. In

Saying

this I am aware

that possibly as even probably

Mr. Fairfield.

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

Mr. Meade.

Mr. Buxton.

Marquess of Ripon.

a municipality would not

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meet the aspirations of the petitioners and that they may place a wider construction upon the terme "local expenditure

and local affairs" than I

have placed upon them

14. One

of the difficulties

with which I am met in

dealing with this petition the fact

Mises from

employed

the words wired require

that

to be more accurately defined

before it is possible to their meaning

and the

intention with which

are used can

be fully

graged.

This criticism

lies to the

especially applies

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On local expenditure and the management of local affairs

There is no doubt in these contentions, in that Hong Kong's municipal institutions, which are to be found in Ceylon and the Straits Settlements, do not exist in Hong Kong, but the difference at Hong Kong must be to draw a line between matters which might be entrusted to a municipal Council and those which must be reserved for the Colonial government. In saying this I am aware that possibly, as even probably, a municipality would not meet the aspirations of the petitioners and that they may place a wider construction upon the term "local expenditure and local affairs" than I have placed upon them.

Mr. Fairfield. Mr. Wingfield. Mr. Bramston. Mr. Meade. Mr. Buxton. Marquess of Ripon.

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14. One of the difficulties with which I am met in dealing with this petition is the fact that the words used require to be more accurately defined before it is possible to fully grasp their meaning and the intention with which they are used. This criticism especially applies...