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lead to much misconstruction and
embarrassment; that it would be
impossible to persuade the Chinese
that the
delay
given general satisfaction to all
classes in Hongkong, would, in all probability, refuse absolutely to take
his seat at the Council Board.
was not due, either,
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to an intention on the part of the
Imperial Government to evade
altogether placing country
one
of their
to a
on the Council, or,
men o11-
desire to place the Chinese member in a position inferior to that of the other members of Council. Moreover, it was further stated that, if his nomination were postponed, Mr. Wong Shing, whose selection has
given
difficulty
When the technical
which had arisen came to
the Knowledge of Mr Jackson, (the
Member nominated
by
the Chamber
of Commerce), that gentleman, in the wrote - most public-spirited manner, to me to suggest that his own formal appointment and not that of Mr. Wong Shing, should be postponed, and thus by his loyal and self-
sacrificing