No 17 of 1828.
Ialonore No 4 inbesp:
and. 1847- at Hougtong for
letumn, of the China Trade.
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Copy
Nr. 468.
Gentlemen,
Colonial Office, Victoria
Hong Kong, 29 September, 1846.
With Reference to your letters of
the 21st Instant, I am directed by
His Excellency The Governor in Council to inform
you, that other parties having intimated
some intentions of creating patent slips,
your request to have the exclusive
privilege of one for a term
of five years, now in the opening of the typhoon
season, cannot be complied with.
Considered however that
your ground is almost the only one eligible for the purpose of a
slip, and that the parties professing
intentions of sending for slips from
home, are not possessed of equally eligible sites, it would appear, that you
have a fair intention within
a reasonable time of bringing your slip into operation
Messrs Jardine Matheson & Co.
Hongkong.