The previous evening the Chinese had requested the G-overnor to visit their settlement, and the invitation was accepted. In honor of the anticipated visit tbe Camp was gaily decorated with bright colored flags, flowers, evergreens, &c, and across the street, at the end of the village, depended a monster- wreath, composed of flowers and green boughs. The Immigration Barracks was fitted up for the reception of the vice-regal party, and was tastefully adorned with Celestial devices, and on the walls were a number of Chinese inscriptions, and a number of verses of Chinese poetry. When the vice-regal party armed at the barracks, they were received by a number of the principal Chinese. An address in Chinese was presented to His Excellency, a translation of it as follows, beiug read by Mr. King To His Excellency Sir George Bowen, K.&. C.M.G. May it please your Excellency, The Chinese residents in this district, numbering about 200, feel it to be no less a duty than an honor to welcome your Excellency and Lady Howe i, aud to express their deep sense of your .kindness and urbanity, in acceding to their request that you would visit their encampment. They take this opportunity of declaring their loyalty to Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, and the appreciation of ihe happiness they have experienced during the time thsy nave resided under British rale, and for the consideration and' protection~afforded them in their various pursuits, by the justice aid equity of the laws thflt here exist, and the way they are administered. With earnest prayers that your Excellency, Lady Bowen and family, may be blessed with a long future of health, honor, and prosperity. We remain, Your Excellency's most obedient Servants, Sun Kum Hop. Wong On. On Tie. Thomas Chin Sing. Charles Ah Ying. Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 259, 16 January 1873, Page 8