Sick Pottinger
oumpouts, and of Confidence in
Pottinger, as not I shared thick greatly impair this
resource
His claims to lenfidence
I doubt not are au
any
man Can
as great a possess, but in
wowhom
these Caels the motive for inthholding Confidence cand distrust of the party it is to be given, but distinst of his ability to make head effectually against unreasonable demands when he has
peremptory instructions which he can shelter himself from than. In a narrow space, and in a neighbourhood so populous, it will probably be found that all the good land, especially all that is good for Building, will have been given away within the
And
instructions under
T
14
first month after the arrival
of any thing approaching to authority for that purpose. On this subject your Lordship's experience must have taught you so much of the rapacity
of Seekers, and
of the facility
of Governors, as to have induced
to regard liberality on the part of the late host as at best a very equivocal virtue. I believe it is hardly possible to
be too rigid in opposing pretensions of the occupiers, or
the aspirants for the occupation of Land in a Colony.
Colony. It will
sell in the future Capital of Hongkong at a price not inferior to that which the Crown obtains for Building Ground in Regent Street. At least
such has been the case
Every
where