السريه سيهون والشعر و المرموقة مع مليون والي مسالم الريالي واله
Duties may be paid and grand chops granted to Juntts Anding with the Colony
The Executive founcil resolved that this was a move in
the night direction but
very wisely asthed to be furnished with a copy of the Tariff of
Duties.
This is important in
reference to some remant's which I will presently submit.
Conclusions.
After perusing all these documents one cannot but feel that the Hong Kong fimmission has placed itself at a great
disadvantage
disadvantage by not appending
to their Report the notes of Evidence
or
656
copies of the Records of the C. P. O. upon which
they found their conclusions of fact.
He Chamber of Commerce
were no doubt andious to see the Report in order to ascertain how far they
were warranted
by the evidence
of
taken in making
of;
public their belief in the existence
the abuses complained, but looking at the number and portion of the Signotinies, it
impossible, allowing for mis = =tates and exaggeration, not to
conclude
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