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on the main laud,
but this if not the Case. Sums
from
varying £30000 to £40,000
Are Anually paid by
Great Britains for the
1
Ondulan katablishment. Consular
ui China. Aud
were
you
informed by thre
letter from the Foreign= Offer inclosed in my Predecessor's despatch of the 21th of February,
that any expenses
incurred on account of
prisoners sent from the Consular Ports to Hong Kong
shard
should be reimbursed
to the Colony upone
receiving
a due state-
ment of their Amount. Of the principal
public works proposed
by you, I feel no doubt that, in accordance
with the witimation
Already Poweyed
to
you in the alcoves Mentioned despatch of My Predecessor, the Paol is the first in
importance And the Hospital the next. I have to wistri?
live