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THE MANY TRIBUTES AND MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE INCLUDED ONE FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, WHO WAS REPRESENTED AT THE FUNERAL BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES. REPRESENTATIVES OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WERE ALSO PRESENT. DURING THE PERIOD OF MOURNING WHICH FOLLOWED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SIR EDWARD'S DEATH, OVER 128,000 PEOPLE SIGNED THE BOOKS OF CONDOLENCE OPENED AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND AT GOVERNMENT OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY. SOME 11,000 PEOPLE PAID THEIR LAST RESPECTS DURING THE LYING-IN-STATE AT GOVERNMENT
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