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with the views of the leading Chinese statesmen to ansiver this question. At a rough guess, however, it
be safely
may
roserted that most
Eitely the Chinese Government would
the ralios of Honghong
to
think
· possess more shrewdness than they generally give foreigners credit for, but they would not see in the raising of a for Chinese balletions hongkong anything selling for
consideration or alarm.
16 February
1880.
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if more time had been preen &
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