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"and
at English affisins with Chinese eyes.
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"As
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a former despatch", "I will N.3334 of 1 34.0f,
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not be forgotten that the Legislative "Council of Hongkong is composed of... "persone who are geuttanen by birth and
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"education; superior also in character,
in the possesion of property, in habits
of business, and in the other cvcntial "qualifisations of administrators, to the
"
"average members of the Parliaments of
" the Australian Colonies, which possess unlimited powers of self-government - It may be added that the members of the legislative Council, which is also
the
the Municipal Council, of Hongkong,
are
not inferior in any respect to the members of the Municipal Councils which. administer the affairs of the chief __ commercial cities of England.
(4.) It will be remembered; morcover,
that the Members of the Legislative Council are among the chief taxpayers
of Hongkong
of this Colony, and that it is to their
interest to maintain a wise
personal interest. frugality
Nor are
in the public expenditure.
they exposed to the pressure
which bests the Members of
Australian Parliaments to vote a
lavist