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The Government has been good enough to grant the site which the executive committee unanimously selected, and in asking your Excellency this day to unveil the statue of the good Sir Arthur, they, on behalf of the public trust that, as the head of the Government, your Excellency will accept this public monument for present and future colonists, and direct that it may be protected as a lasting memorial of a just, honourable and beloved Administrator.

The speech was greeted with applause.

(To be Continued).

It will be seen that Sir Arthur Kennedy's bronze statue was entrusted to Raggi, who was the sculptor also of Queen Victoria's statue in Hongkong, and later that of Sir Thomas Jackson, of the Bank, who as Mr. Jackson made the above quoted speech at the Kennedy unveiling.

I find that in last Saturday's article on the unveiling of the Jackson statue I inadvertently perpetuated a misprint, in one of the old chronicles, of the sculptor's name, giving it as Raggio. The correct name is Raggi...

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The Government has been good enough to grant the site which the executive committee unanimously selected, and in asking your Excellency this day to unveil the statue of the good Sir Arthur, they, on behalf of the public trust that, as the head of the Government, your Excellency will accept this public monument for present and future colonists, and direct that it may be protected as a lasting memorial of a just, honourable and beloved Administrator. The speech was greeted with applause. (To be Continued). It will be seen that Sir Arthur Kennedy's bronze statue was entrusted to Raggi, who was the sculptor also of Queen Victoria's statue in Hongkong, and later that of Sir Thomas Jackson, of the Bank, who as Mr. Jackson made the above quoted speech at the Kennedy unveiling. I find that in last Saturday's article on the unveiling of the Jackson statue I inadvertently perpetuated a misprint, in one of the old chronicles, of the sculptor's name, giving it as Raggio. The correct name is Raggi...
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*The Government has been good enough to grant the site which the executive committee unanimously selected, and in `asking your Excellency this day to unveil the statue of the good Sir Arthur, they, on behalf of the public trust thet, as the head of the Government, your Excellency will accept this public monument for present and future colonists, and direct that it may be protected as a lasting memorial of a just, honourable and beloved Administrator. The speech was greeted with applause. (To be Continued). It will be seen that Sir Arthur Kemedy's bronze statue was entrusted to Raggi, who was the sculptor also of Queen Victoria's statue in Hongkong, an later that of Sir Thomas Jackson, of the Bank, who as Mr. Jackson made the above quoted speech at the Kennedy unveiling. - I find that in last Saturday's article on the unveiling of the Jackson statue I inadvertently perpetuated a misprint, in one of the old chronicles, of the sculptor's name, giving it as Raggio. The correct name is Raggi......
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*The Government has been good enough to grant the site which the executive committee unanimously selected, and in `asking your Excellency this day to unveil the statue of the

good Sir Arthur, they, on behalf of the public trust thet, as the head of the Government, your Excellency will accept this public monument for present and future colonists, and direct that it may be protected as a lasting memorial of a just, honourable and beloved Administrator.

The speech was greeted with applause.

(To be Continued).

It will be seen that Sir Arthur Kemedy's bronze statue was entrusted to Raggi, who was the sculptor also of Queen Victoria's statue in Hongkong, an later that of Sir Thomas Jackson, of the Bank, who as Mr. Jackson made the above quoted speech at the Kennedy unveiling.

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I find that in last Saturday's article on the unveiling of the Jackson statue I inadvertently perpetuated a misprint, in one of the old chronicles, of the sculptor's name, giving it as Raggio. The correct name is Raggi......

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