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

10349

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

204

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

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