F. No. 3162.
747
No. 42
1901
HONGKONG.
TELEGRAM OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPRESS FREDERICK OF GERMANY, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.
Telegram from the Governor to the Secretary of State.
RESOLUTION PASSED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[13th August, 1901.]
That the Members of Legislative Council of Hongkong desire humbly to express to His Majesty the King and His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor the sorrow with which they have received the intelligence of the death of the Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany, Princess Royal of England, and their deep sympathy with their Majesties in their bereavement.
BLAKE.
SIR,
German Consul to Governor, Hongkong.
KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES KONSULAT
HONGKONG, the 8th of October, 1901.
On the recent death of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress FREDERICK of Germany Your Excellency has had the kindness, in the name of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, to express to His Majesty the EMPEROR of Germany the sorrow with which the intelligence of the death of the Empress FREDERICK was received here and the sympathy of the Legislative Council with His Majesty in his bereavement. My Government directs me to inform Your Excellency that your telegram came to the hands of His Majesty the Emperor and that the latter sends his Imperial thanks to the Hongkong Legislative Council for its sympathetic expression of condolence.
Asking Your Excellency kindly to inform the Legislative Council accordingly.
I have the honour to remain,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
OTTO GUMPRECHT, Imperial German Consul.
To
His Excellency the Governor,
Sir HENRY BLAKE,
Hongkong.
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