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be
of little use to
pride
many
questions which will present
themselves for your
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care
considers it.
the cost of
And the anomalies already existing
Colonial dependencies
member of
the British Colonial Empire, there
Is
Cause
for remarks to
which full satisfaction is
remarkable are
Exception to ordinary
ordinary
decided
that of
the
.
The
Island of Hong Kong
a small island, geographically, and politically, an insignificant appendage
of that
which the
vast Empire of
institutions have
amongst
Nations.
those of
its
counterpart
the other
policy
and
the
the world.
It is
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being
occupied, not with Colonization, but for diplomatic,
Commercial and
strategic purposes.
And it is governed by
an
Officer who is, at once to
negotiate with the Emperor's Officers ; and to
superintend the trade
of
the Queen's Subjects in the Far East, and Coast
of
China
and to regulate all the internal economy of
the Settlement itself.
Hence it follows, that methods
of proceeding unknown in other British Colonies must be followed
at Hong Kong,
and that the
Rules and Regulations
of the
16
mentioned
in the
preceding paragraph, must
meet many infringements, and be subject to many modifications.