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convention regarding the Colony
she
and
appointment of a Consul, bort of which had evidently in the interval
much preconcepied him.
I took occasion
to
imprese ut
upon
him that while I regarded the appointment of a Chrine Ansul
meano
asa
by which mich might be
ffected to regularize she trading
beliveen the mainland and
Colamy, it
stre
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was
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impossible to overlook
an
· popular character of suck.
Hougtong, and a certam
official
appointment in Hongthong, and amount of danger that such might overstep the limits allowed to Consente. A
Was
essential that he should
absolutely and rigidly restrict himself
to the
proper
dities of
Consul
DA
by
Enropean Powers established, Keep clear of bribes and squeezing, and
uve his office and the informa=
neither
tion it would give
Chinese
m
noners
to oppress the
of Juntes and relatives
'The mainland,
attempt to meddle
with the native population, and so interfere with the prosperity of the
Colony and the right which belonged
to it
Ao
British possession, and to under the protection of
all residing
ite laws.
The Vice Roy plomby showed)'
me these difficulties had not
his attention, and that he
esca
aped
already
casting about in his mind how they