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from entering into any further particulars. It was he who drafted the Bill; he has laboured hard and most zealously to make it as perfect as possible, and to meet every objection; and he well deserves your commendation, as does also the Surveyor General, who has given himself up with all the energy of his nature to prepare and promote by every means in his power this most salutary measure of sanitation.
12. The Executive Council, with two such friendly advocates of Chinese rights as Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Lister, who are quite as jealous of the interests of the Chinese as any of their professed champions, has been unanimous in opinion regarding overcrowding, the necessity of the 300 cubic feet: air