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of the shoal : and it will be well for
John Bowring to put himself
in Communication with the
Admiral on the station on the subject.
As regards the expenses of
erection and maintenance both
of which will it is presumed
be considerable my
Lads think
that there would be serious
objections to providing them out of the Imperial Funds and they would be glad to burn hard
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far the Mercantile Community of
Mang hồng
and the British
Merchants and Shipowners trading
at Chinese Ports would be
willing to contribute.
If the Trade with it my Lords think that funds may.
probably be raised by levying
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a "Toll on all vessels passing the Light whether British or Foreign
which enter Hong Kong
and
by levying & Folk under the Acts which relate to China
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