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Bank tells me that they
hold Liften - Sisternths of the note circulation of the foreign Banks
"cally, the whole of the bullion
and, ^rac
that is not in the coffers of the Foreign Banks.
The largest individual
owner of Freign Steamers in
is a chimere Gentleman._
Hongkong is a
Sir Percules Robinson expreped the
Opinion that they contribute
nearly srinety-eight per cent of the Colonial
Revenue.
It is imposible is
determine this with
accurxey,
they certainly contribute more than ninety per cent of the
buk
revenue,
In other respects also they have Saims on Her Majesty's
42.
consideration
They
Loyal Citizens.
are not inferior in works of
Charity and benevolence to the
AM
Foreign Community. The Civil Strapital, which is intended for Europeans, is maintained by annual vote of public sew patients pay for certain privileges, but there are no voluntar contributions. He Tung Wa trapital,
which
was
money:
a
partly built out of the old dinere fambling licence funt, is a far larger institution, and is intended for the linese Community. He is surported by the voluntary contributions of the Chinere Merchants and Shopkapes. There are several other benevolent institutions
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