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are in duty all bound, to prevent part of foreigners settled at the part the Parts, whether individuals or Municipal bodies, pronounced to be of a hurtful tendency by the Chinese the Chinese Agents, and to recognize aud support those Agents in
I have assured Mer Hart that, on the part of Her Majesty's Government the Chinese Authorities will find every disposition to meet their views in this them the most effective direction, and give support for the common good,
and I trust a similar wi will be evinced the performance of their duties. This indeed is the is no more essential, that I believe there doubt both Municipal Councils and individual bank's at owners. Shanghai done much to create serious wharves and of land on the river impede more the especially, have navigation aud obstacles by building out piers otherwise obstructing rivers and porto into the stream, and the conser servancy of the as well as their police by the only competent and legal Authorities.
willingness by all the 1912 of cheaty Sewers. A hope is indeed memorandum of cooperation a expressed in the of active certain amount of on the part of the Government of Hong Kong to put up such lights as ito approaches require to complete the whole system along
the coast; I think both in interest and that of Chinese have so Commerce a generally in which we share, that this expectation large