largely benefit the Imperial Government, I earnestly hope that Your Excellency may be able, without further delay, to induce the acceptance of
o
one ora.
other
of
the above proposals and this enable the successful accomplishment of
project
a
which has been the
subject of such prolonged, and hitherto profitless, diecuesion.
Monover, to save the lop of
another
- in the commencement
year in
of the work it is important that the matter should be settled by the 20 for 3.0 week in March,
20 ao
to permit of the occupation of
during which
the rock at the season di
to it is comparatively easy. For this reason I have deemed it well to avoid the delay which would be involved in communicating
with Your Excellency only after receiving the consent of Her Majesty's Goverment to the above propoeds
and
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and have forwarded a copy of this letter to the Secretary of State for the Colonics with the request that Your Excellency may be informed by telegraph of the approval of its Contents by ster Majesty's Government.
I need hardly say
that the
Colony would be under great obligation I to Your Excellency if you
evere
obtain the early creation of the Lighthouse
able to
on terms lessonerous to it
than those proposed, and I trust that with me in considering
you will agree that the Imperial Govern
China
might fairly
Concesion on
ment of
make come!
the point, in view
of the
and
cio well
large recent increase to its fleet, the importance to the latter,
mercantile marine, of
as to
to o
our
a
provision for saving of time and "' increased security
the approach
in
to this Port and the Canton River?
I have...
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