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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST JULY, 1897.

I shall have great pleasure in making known to my colleagues on the Committee, the flattering terms in which your Excellency is pleased to refer to the services of the Committee, and I shall not fail to convey to the Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary the special thanks accorded to them.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

To His Excellency

C. P. CHATER.

Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.,

Governor, &c.

No. 97/G.

(Governor to Honorary Treasurer, Jubilee Committee.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 14th July, 1897.

SIR,As the representative of the Queen in this Colony, I desire to convey to you my hearty acknowledginent of the valuable services rendered by you, as Honorary Treasurer of the Jubilee Committee, in connexion with the recent celebrations in Her Majesty's 'honour.

The generous response of the Community to your appeal on behalf of the Committee is a gratify- ing indication of the loyalty of this Colony, and enabled the commemoration of the Sixtieth Year of Her Majesty's Reigu to be celebrated in a manner worthy of the great occasion. I accordingly desire to tender to you my cordial thanks for your great assistance in securing that result,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

T. JACKSON, Esq.,

Hon. Treasurer, Jubilee Committee.

Your most obedient Servant,

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor,

(Honorary Treasurer, Jubilee Committee, to Governor.)

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

HONGKONG, 15th July, 1897.

Sm--I beg to acknowledge your Excellency's despatch of yesterday's date, in which you thank me for the services I have had the honour of rendering as Honorary Treasurer of the Jubilee Fund.

I would wish to point out that in the collection of funds I was ably assisted by the Chairman, the Honourable C. P. CHATER, Mr. H. N. Mopy, and Mr. FUNG WAH CHUEN; these gentlemen lightened my

duties very considerably. I would also like to place on record the very kindly reception we met with at every house we called at, and the very hearty manner in which all classes of the community subscribed towards celebrating the Sixtieth Anniversary of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Reign.

I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's

Most obedient, humble Servant,

T. JACKSON.

To His Excellency.

Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.

(Governor to Honorary Secretary, Jubilee Committee.)

No. 98/G.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 14th July, 1897.

SIR,I have the honour, as the representative of the Queen in this Colony, to convey to you an expression of my appreciation of your services, as Honorary Secretary of the Jubilee Committee, in connexion with the commemoration of the Sixtieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign.

The excellence of the general arrangements, for which you must necessarily have been in a great measure responsible and towards which your previous experience as Honorary Secretary in the memorable year of 1887 doubtless largely contributed, was worthy of the great occasion and tended to ensure the successful celebration of the unique event.