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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

25TH FEBRUARY,1880.

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rue the thioen; and Her Majesty has further

les public services by making him a 4 16: Order of St. Michael and St. struit Colony, also in the China Colony of Labuan-there, too, it ma to be able to place for the first the Larrislative Council a Chinese £mented friend Mr. Choa MasOO, satisfaction of being able to report ey's Government that certain changes

Svretary of State approved of in the n of Labuan were owing in a great

me to the good advice I got from that Chi- uber of Council and my other Chinese Therefore you will all see

precedents for the course which I

ged in Bongkong.

the address that Mr. FUNG MING- eye to this effect; you are pleased

my Government I had prized above

Ristive and fairness, to the exclusion

Fons of nationality. That undoubt-

in doing so, however, I but act in

ner with the policy of Her Majesty's

and the commands of my Sovereign,

Colony we number only a hun-

a hundred and fifty thousand

a very small number of the

Vicroma, for in the whole

Vicroma has nearly two lun-

subjects. Now, the vast majo-

number of Her Majesty's subjects

Some of you trade with India, and

indigent and well informed enough

the Government of India is con-

Chen's Viceroy, and by the Gov-

and Bombay, with their Coun- Now, in India the Queen

town open all employments in the to very native who has capacity fitting him to be so employed, Council, if you turn to band. you

st I now held in iny

tours of distinguished native gentle-

are made for the Government of

fects in India, no regulations can those laws or regulations have

Commeil upon which native gentle-

And these native gentlemen,

thair native customs and religion. he more unfortunate than in any

i. Empire to endeavour to force

not customs of England upon the

And therefore in India there

with the religion and lawful

uple, nor shall there be any

the religion and lawful customs

due to a point at which I desire

Mr. Peso MING-SIAN ond

lumina present for impre

1 to me in 1378 about

There has been s good

pon this subject, but

in in recont is that in

寶諸

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耳本

命者耳

理度倘定

例前

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姓其微亦不論此情

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服爲

度臣五

詞内有一言網本部 馮明先生所讀頌 本港人民不過十四五萬戰 威克多 域斯言不謬但本部 買之總督偕共議政處現在印度國家所有各缺 皇后思涵凡有土人 堂一秉公平無區畛 可知治理印度國者乃,皇后簡派之印度御簡節度大臣及馬士孟 爲衆蓋在東邊一帶臣服 威克多理阿皇后者幾 服 皇后之衆在印度國者居多爾畫中有作印度國生涯者亦有星 及之

俯准所收治理拉波晏之法多是 詳細遵守 朝廷所 部堂咨奏 朝廷幸蒙 藩政大臣 堂如此作爲實不過 才幹稱職者均可補授又在印度御簡首度大臣庶图處鈎照本部常

遥度例后

千八百七十八

年

事實賴定例局各位華紳所薦別位

該將

華人在拉波晏與本部堂商酌者故

爾諸君可見本部堂現在本港頒行

威克多理阿皇后所 理及待例之風俗亦斷斷不能阻止 立之法及我 君主 定例處內亦有該處土人按該土人亦如諮君未嘗其本土規矩道理 灌常此有繁 然未嘗立張示此事必須將該則例告示先奉定例處進行乃可惟在 現執公文亦有有聲望之土人開攤在内可以治理印度盤 皇后之民 度一區並無阻止土人所有道理及符例之風俗而在本港華人所有道 欲 誌明節一千 倘在大英各藩廳有欲強土人遵守英國規矩風俗若其盪不小故在印 包本部堂首

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符英

例國

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