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John Bowring relinquished the Government of the Colony.
11. The second point on which I hear her abans' letter may lead to an erroneous idea is his use of the terms "Mandarin" and "Chief Mandarin". 12. Mandarin (Portuguese - Mandarin) is a word conventionally applied in this Country to the officers of the Imperial government of China, and to these only.
13. I need hardly say that no Chinese officials are, or even have been, tolerated in this Colony, and that the term in question is wholly inapplicable to the Chinese traders of Hongkong.
14. It is perhaps the more important to notice this, as up to fifteen years ago the Chinese Government claimed and exercised the right of nominating Chinese officers to reside and discharge "Magisterial" functions within the territory of Macao, the only foreign settlement, besides Hongkong, of China on the seaboard.
I have the honour to be, My Lord Duke, Your Grace's, Most Obedient Servant, [Signature: likely "Caesar Litton, or another name starting with 'M' is not clear due to OCR] M...