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Appendix 5.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 28th May, 1892.

SIR,

With reference to your letter No. 736 of the 28th ultimo, I have the honour, on behalf of the Members of the Committee appointed to inquire into certain points connected with the Bill for the incorporation of the Pó Léung Kuk, to request that you will kindly furnish them with the name of the Member of the Police Force, who has suggested that the runners of the Society are disreputable and squeeze, as all the Members of the Committee say they do not know who the person in question is.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Honourable G. T. M. O'BRIEN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary.

Chairman.

No. 972.

SIR,

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 31st May, 1892.

In reply to your letter of the 28th instant, I am directed to acquaint you for the information of the Committee that I am not in a position to state the name of the member of the Police Force who is responsible for the suggestion to which you refer.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.

The Chairman of the Committee

on the Pó Léung Kuk,

&c.

&c., &c.