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are occasionally visit this Colony invariably accompanied by Interpreters. Of the two Chinese Ministers who have called here this year, one was a native of Canton.
5. As there was undrawn salary available in the Registrar General's Department, I have been enabled to authorize a temporary payment to a teacher for M. May. I do not agree with the Finance Committee, as it is not the fault of Mr. May that he has been sent to study for four years and four months a language which is of no practical utility to him. I did not like, however, to press for a vote against the opinion of Official as well as Unofficial Members, without first ascertaining Your Lordship's views on the question, which, as I have already stated, will be raised again as soon as M. Sercombe Smith has passed his final examination in Chinese.
6. Your Lordship will observe