Deck. Now A12 Follo
6. 1
Enclosure 1.
Memorandum
RECR
C.O. 9034
20 MAY 1853
153
im by the Colonial Secretary
- If the Chinese Government wish to have a Consul in Hong Kong, I do not see on what grounds an appointment can be objected to. They permit British Consuls at Canton and Treaty Ports and though it may not have been stipulated that they are to appoint a Consul here, I do not see any sufficient reason to urge against such an appointment being sanctioned. I do not think that communications
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