2.
)
(
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to the opening of Kiving Chow
Mainan.
2.
Having considered the
subject in Executive Council, at
in
of
which the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council attended, I beg to report to Your Lordship that in the opinion of this Government it would be most desirable that the port of Pak-hoi (locally known as Pak-hoi) on the
opened instead
of Kiving Chow. This latter possesses apparently
no
port advantages
which are not to be found at Pak-hoi, while it lacks what
is most essential to the well-being
of a port, namely a good anchorage.
3.
In
comparing
the two
places
little to add? Wide Blue Book to Consul Robertson's Report of 1863.
Revision of the Treaty
of
Tien-tsin 1871. pages... British trade in China would
most unquestionably profit by
increasing
the number of bases
for
trading operations, but it must necessarily be a matter of doubt as to how far Colonial interests would benefit or suffer by opening a Port between Hong Kong and Singapore. Nevertheless, there is to the West of us a vast and rich Country, the
a)
(
opening up of which would be of great advantage to trade generally,