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to some in this Colony also. It is a little more than two years ago that I had the honour of entertaining him at Government House, Trinidad. I think that we all know that he is possessed of the most charming manner, amiable characteristics, and manly qualities. In all probability he will be the future King of England, and we all hope that he will be a worthy successor not only to his father but to Her Majesty the Queen, who has occupied the throne of Great Britain so incomparably for over fifty years.
In regard to Her Serene Highness the Princess Victoria, we know that she is a charming. English girl, daughter of one of the most popular Princesses in England, the Princess Mary of Cam- bridge, now the Duchess of Teck, and she seems to be as sweet as English air can make her." If report is true she would seem fully to realise the dream of Temmysou in being "Queen Rose of the rosebud garden of girls.”
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Gentlemen, I am quite sure that to-day and to-morrow messages will be flashing along the tele- graph lines from India. Mauritius, and Ceylon, and from other Eastern colonics congratulating the Royal Family on this auspicious event, and I am also quite sure that the Unofficial Members of this Council and the community of Hongkong will wish that their congratulations should arrive at the Royal Throne at the same time as the others do.
In conclusion His Excellency inoved the following resolution:-
"From the Governor of Hongkong to the Marquess of Ripon.
"The Council and Community of Hongkong ask your Lordship_to_convey to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family their respectful congratulations on the marriage of
the Duke of York and Princess Victoria of Teck.”
The Honourable C. P. CHATER, in seconding the motion, said-Sir, during the period that I have been the Senior Unofficial Member of this Council no pleasanter duty has fallen to my lot than that of having the honour to second the resolution just proposed by your Excellency. Though colonists of one of the most distant outposts of the Empire, I may venture to say that we are second to none either in personal loyalty to the Throne or in those feelings of devotion and affection to the Royal Family which it is the happy privilege of all citizens of the British Empire to feel. The marriage of the son of the heir to the Royal and Imperial Crown to an English Princess specially appeals to us in both ways, and it is therefore both as Her Majesty's loyal subjects and in our capacity as private citizens that it is our duty and our delight to transmit to-day to the Royal Family our most respectful congratula- tions on this marriage, which it is our carnest hope will fulfil its auspicious promises.
Motion put and carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT.His Excellency then adjourned the Council.
ARATHOON SET, Clerk of Councils,
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