that at the present moment, while the mercantile body are sufficiently disposed
to question
4 of the Colonial Government, the publication of this specific sanction of the Ordinance might possibly lead them to oppose others which had not yet obtained Her Majesty's
Confirmation.
Carried
The illegal trade so long carried on by these persons, and the circumstance of their having for so many years, from 1834 until the erection of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, lived almost without any defined law, has generated a spirit
not
very easy of Control, but which with Your Lordship's support, and that of Lord Aberdeen, and the perfect unanimity of my
Council and all classes of Her Majesty's Servants in this Country, I am determined to bring within bounds. It
was
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was the candid confession of a Mr. Kiglis, a Canton Merchant, Examined before Parliament in May,
any attention to
May 1874 -
any
"We never paid
law in China that
4
Ordinance No.16, for establishing a
Registry, which I had the honor to
forward with my Despatch No: 55, was passed on the 21st August, the commencement of its operation being fixed for the
14 November. Circumstances unfortunately delayed the publication of this Ordinance during my absence at the Ports of trade, and when published on the 19th October, the shortness of the date, together with some clauses to which objections were raised, gave
occasion to a meeting of the merchants to memorialize for its suspension.
In consideration of the short notice that had preceded it, and of
were.