CO129-274 - Public Offices & Others - 1896 — Page 498

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HONG KONG

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Governor,

Sir W.Robinson, K.C.M.G.,

Mr.

MINUTE.

-ial Member, was

Country

last in this

he was received

Ripon. On his

Lord

return from

that

that

interview he informed

me

enough to inform

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me

whether

And if not, whether

and the published document, I

in which it is set forth.

to, and the terms of it, record of the promise

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that two additional seats should

the decretary of stoke had promised it in contemplation to in

make this

have

as the unanimous and urgent may be described

Concession to what

be

assigned

to

unofficial

illembers

but that promise not long ago: I observe that he publicly referred desire of

to this

seems to

the

-dertaking.

as to the loact nature

May

I ask

lin

displute

of

the

you

be kind

the

Colony

I will take this

opportunity

unofficial Members had been more carried out, with respect to

of suggesting that if the veins of the

fully

rozo Hong Kong

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Sir,

Downing Street,

29

May, 1890

Mr. Lucas 22 May

+ Mr. Fairfield. 26

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

Sir R. Meade.

Earl of Selborne.

+ Mr. Chamberlain.

27

When this has gone Royal Instructions to be amended,

also Mr Henniker Heaton to be told that a despatch has been

sent to the Governor.

Anor 17701

I have had under my consideration

the correspondence which has passed in

consequence of the petition for an

amendment of the constitution of Hong

Kong which was addressed to the House

of Commons in the year 1894 and on

which my predecessor had not given a

final decision before he left office.

2.

I should have been glad to be able

to communicate with you on the subject

at an earlier date but, as you are aware

the pressure of business at this Depart-

ment has been exceptional for some time

past.

3.

In his despatch of the 23rd of

August