With Hong Kong, in our hands and-
suffecent garrison
and Naval force
at that frontier, Darush dulure my
oure
my newly for
opension that there is no permanent settlement on the East Coast
and very
Serious
objections to any step of
the kind My intervene with the of the Government has satisfied, that the
this
me
Court will never guild that point, and it
Seems to me as certain that be carins
Monilaine ourselves in such a
a position for
any exlusive commercial purposes against the fissure of the Emperor : silhout such a burden of Military and Naval
as would
comfiel
charge
after leavy sacrifice to confine ounches to the front, where we are well known, and have powerful native connexion both social & Commercial
There is ach the least reason to douth that
an opening
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opening for British Commerce into the wealthy and possiclous harts of China, will be secured with far more promptitude and exentically quite as extensively from Hong Kong as from an uneasy position in much closer neighborhood to them. If the question were but between Hong Kong and
some position on the East Coast, there might in my mind be room for discussion But reflection and experience - have satisfied me aganist all my preconceptions and personal wishes, firstly that Settlement at this point of the Empire is inexpedient; and
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