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representation be made to retain Chusan permanently, (although I feel confident
it can be done without).
Augbreach of Treaty then
My Lord,
I respectfully submit there can be necessity for the British Government expending £100,000 per annum for mere Civil purposes on this
barren Rock. While the utmost amount that can be raised cannot exceed
£10,000 a year. If any great future object is to be attained, then let the outlay be large, I for
one will not submit to a cheerful sacrifice for my country's welfare.
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But I am prepared to show there can be no justifiable grounds for expending nearly half a million from the resources of the British Exchequer, & if I do not prove this, I am ready to lose my official position in the service. But with the view of
fully placing before Lord Stanley the information I have obtained, I respectfully solicit from His Lordship leave to proceed overland to England, the
leave not to exceed 4 months — the Journey to be defrayed out of my text.