carried the
giving
measure with
casting vote. I informed the Canal that the present Ordinance brought forward with Your Lordship's knowledge and approval, and notwithstanding that intimation Sir John Jackson expressed himself so strongly and emphatically intention of placing a protest
and protested his
The Minutes in case of it being carried that I felt I compelled to withdraw it from further discussion. I endorse
Your Lordship's information a very fair report of the proceedings
Evelemme
Grelome Whalerme Ht 3.
W.
of canal taken from the daily papers.
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Yesterday I received communication from the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Trader Company expressing
hope that Your Lordship further consider their position, and pointing out the hardships under which shareholders of the Company labored
unwieldy
world
from the
nature and
value of their shares. I simply forward a copy of that letter as it appeals for itself.
6.
I may
observe, however,
that Ordinance No. 4 of 1876 had