157

aliks

Expenditure of blood and treasure

by the Imperial and by the Colonial Governments; who guided Victoria through the most dangerous political deadlock and crisis which has ever threatened to convulse any Colony, and to imperil relations with the Imperial authorities; -

"submit, well

that Governor may afford to smile, when, in the last years of his career, he is virtually told by a Department in London that he is unfit to be trusted (even with the aid of the Colonial Legislature)

with

the management of the petty details

of the Police and Fire Brigade,

and

of the studies of the Cadets at Hongkong-

6. But, in common with others in this community,

I

cannot shut my eyes to the

the

discontent caused by "Meddling interference" (deprecated by Lord Grey,) of "Downing Street"

"Colonial Policy Vol 2/22. I hope that I shall not be misunderstood. I

am

strongly of opinion that the

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