to Sin William Hooker pointing out to him the special qualifications required for the person who is to be sent out. It would be very desirable that he should be something of a chemist and agriculturist botanist.
JV314 Nov
Entirely wishing the
above I have
read H. J. Bowring's Observations containing 8 ... his accompanying Despatch on the
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Blue Book of 1854 On this subject I concur with mine
as well as a
M127-
And John Russell, M.P.
Governor Sir John Bowring
14th August, 1855-
Received
burden at Hongkong.
Regarding Establishment of a Botanical
M17 Nov
I think the answer should be that
there are funds sufficient for the proper after defraying the expense. It seems to me satisfactory & then prefers of argument in pertinent on that the profound ally
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would be proper - It seems that the expense in sending out the person that we have in view for extinction.
M. 2.20.
83.
10365-Hong Kong.
3. Jan 51
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Page 28. I have to acknowledge
Ludomers, 3/
the receipt of your Despatch 2177 of the 6th of July
on which you propose
to appropriate a portion of the available Revenue
of
Hong Kong
to the establishment of a public
Botanical Garden.
Valuable results may
No doubt be expected
from the introduction Cultivation of the vegetable
productions of China
and other
adjacent
Countries, and
I shall
be prepared to sanction