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expedient to refer this Ordinance for the consideration of Her Majesty's
General,
and how annexed copy of their Report ofson upon
3. Although fully
sensible of the general force of the objections taken by them to the Provisions of the Ordinance (namely, to the power
unusual
which it entrusts to
an Individual) I am
ready to believe that
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There may be circumstances
peculiar to the community
of Hong
Kong
which
render this expedient.
But the objections which they have
taken seem to me
to be
of such a
nature as
to render it impossible for me to advise Her Majesty
to confirm the Ordinance.
5. I am unwilling
to advise its immediate
disallowance,
as doing so might
cause considerable, although