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to the Carl of Clarendon his concurence in Sir Rutherford _tievet's opinion - that it would be desirable that a Chinese Conent Consul should be appointed to reside in trang trọng.
tis Sxcellency then enters at length into the objection to, aud
impolicy of the suggerted appointment,
Honorable Members
and calls on
to state their opinions on the subject.
The Conneil deliberates along. with the Un- official Members of the Legislative Council, and unanimouly disapproves of the appointment of a Chinese Consul to reside in Hong Kong. for the following
reasons: -
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pt that they find that
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application had been mare by the Chinese Government on the subject, and that the suggestion had been forceá on Prince Kung, who from
all that
appeared maybe
perfectly indifferent or
even
opposed
to the
ment, except so
he
he
AL
may
arrange=
far a
Las
think that mo
fficial could if not openly, yet secretly loy the duties which he hid arked to levy in Hong Kong. wdly that China is not im
the same
position as other