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"aid and support to the trade with
China generally, and as our Chief
&
Military and Naval Station in
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these seas. Local interests must
always tend to the prevalence of the former view, but I consider
that the latter is the true
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"and that it is important to
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emphasize it."
"At one time the Governor of
Hong Kong
was also Her Majesty's
Envoy/ Plenipotentiary in China, and
this necessarily led him to
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regard the
Colony
-
in its relation
"to Imperial interests; but that is
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no
longer the case,
and whatsoever
"the breadth of view of individual
Governors, such as Sir George
is at
Bowen, their strict concern is
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present confined to the Colony itself. The Colonial Officers
serving under them are still
likely to share the local feeling, and when the Government
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is administered by one of
these Officers in the absence
of
a
Governor, Imperial interests are
more
likely to be ignored.