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I do not anticipate that there will be any difficulty, considering the constitution of the Legislative Council, in obtaining Legislative sanction for the appropriation in the Supplementary Estimates and Supply Ordinance for the Current year; but I ought not to conceal from you my belief that if the Legislative Council had been consulted before this expenditure had been incurred the vote would not have passed, and my own opinion that — considering Societies of a similar character, of the many of which I enclose a list, established here as a convenient base for their operations in China, the difficulty of determining their relative merits, and the doubts which may, and indeed are entertained by many as to whether the efforts and mobili...
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