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some independent arbitrator, as, for instance, to the Lord Chancellor. No doubt the question is, in one sense, between the Imperial Exchequer and the Exchequer of the Colony at Hong Kong. But as much might be said of all questions relating to the Colonial Contributions, and yet such questions have not been referred to any arbitrator, but have been settled by the Home Government. This special question is not one of law and it seems to Mr Stanhope that it should, in the first place, be referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury; And if Lord Knutsford finds himself unable to accept their decision, that the matter should be finally settled by the Cabinet.
10. A further communication will be addressed to you with regard to the 6th paragraph
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