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"consent
of
The
Governor", with whom
re-introducing
indeed rested the power of
it.
haste,
There
was no un nec
necessary
as the matter had been some six
Months
before
the bouneil; and the
public, and the resolution to proceed
with the 2nd reading
was adopted
in perfect practice of the lomail.
accordance with the ordinary
3.
The third objection
ала
understood it, and as it seemed to be
f
understood by the Council, was
a
denial of the right of three members
to vote as
they voted, a
charge to which
each of the members indicated had already replied
4. The number of signatures
attached to the two petitions shows
conclusively that the Public Noice is in favor of the Ordinance whether expressed through the Chamber of Commerce,
or the General Body of the Trading Community, whose Petitions have been
already forwarded to you in Sir Hercules Robinson's Despatch above quoted.
5.
From the fifth objection twe
conclusions, equally erroneous may.
be
inferred first, that a Companies" - Ordinance existed in Shanghai
was the cause
of "unhappy and
and
disastrous speculation", whereas the
fact is that no such Ordinance is Kinnon there, and therefore
no control
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