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Imperial Authorities to secure Carwular appointinent here. This would be a great advantage, I am still of opinion that for special reasons, which apply to that nation and to no other nation and to that nation only, it would be inapplicable in any other part of Her Majesty's Dominions, the appointment of a Chinese Consul or any recognized Chinese Official Representative here would be dangerous, because it would aid and establish a power of intimidation, intrigue and corruption quite foreign to the spirit in which Her Majesty's Government founded this Colony.
7. It happens only too frequently that the vicinity of this City to the Native Authorities brings before me Mandarins (from the mainland) who exert the power of the population here, and convinces me that their influence is already dangerously great.
8. As vastly illustrating the subject, I transmit copy of a communication which I directed to be addressed to Consul Robertson relative to a demand by the Native Authorities for Rendition of a Chinese named Lai-li-heen who had been resident here 22 years. The man's only crime was that he refused to give up and...