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will be, Connected with the China,
trade. Enough has been said
to satisfy the most cursory
observer, that it is the bounden
duty of the Indian and Home
Governments, to Command Hong
Kong,
and thus Complete the
chain which holding Hong Kong,
has now become of prime
necessity.
Friend of China Newspaper Published at Hong Kong)
London 20th-July 1843
under the links of Oriental Steam
Communication. The mental
qualities both of Sir Robert
Peel and Lord Ellenborough
encourage us to hope that a
proper representation, if backed
as we must it will be by
His Excellency,
the Plenipotentiary
would secure for us an object