of interpreting those instructions correctly; and considering that each of the Eminent Engine Makers referred to acted independently of the others,
and that they were agreed on the points
Complained
all
now
it did not
appear to the Crown Agents
to be one
of those cases in
which they would have been justified in referring
to Hong Kong
- on the grounds
that the order of the Colonial Government was so materially
ambiguous
as
to be impracticable,
when the Evidence before them
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went to show that there existed
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no substantial difference of opinion between practical men as to what the Requisition of the Colonial Government intended to Express.
was
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
P. S. The above, although dated
today,
was written before Sir F.R. Sandford's letter of the 5th instant
reached this Office.
In reply to that letter the Crown Agents have only to report
their