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series of somewhat sharp
criticisms
followed
of
my
statement in
the 3rd of June, about
the progress and prosperity of
the Colony.
2.
I now venture to
lay before Your Lordship
an article from the "Hongkong
Telegraph"
of the 21st instant, and I do so not
because it is written in a
somewhat more friendly
spirit
just to the Government
but because it refers to some other
newspaper articles supporting the
view
I
put forward that the
important commercial changes taking
place in Hong Kong
are not
wholly detrimental to the real interests of the local foreign trader, but that,
in fact,
in these matters Native
and Foreign interests are one.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord.
Your Lordship's Most Obedient
humble Servant,