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which was received with feelings of deep respect and

loyalty when I read it to the Legislative Council. I subsequently caused it to be published in the Gazette and

copies of it to be posted up throughout the Colony.

The telegram from Your Lordship

and His Majesty's Government was also greatly appreciated.

As Sir John Anderson asked me to

treat as confidential that part of his message of condolence which embodied the offer of the Legislative Council

of the Straits Settlements to give financial assistance if

necessary I only published the expression of sympathy

contained in the message. The offer and the tactful manner

in which it was made were most gratifying to me.

Sir Henry Blake naturally felt

keenly the disaster that had befallen the Colony with

which he was, to its great advantage, for 5 years so

intimately connected and his telegram expressed this

feeling.

The Viceroy of Canton sent Commodore Lui of the Imperial Chinese Navy to me to express

sympathy and offer assistance, the Governor of Macao

telegraphed at once his sincere condolences and the Consul-General