colleagues, but also to the wishes of the Chinese Community in Hongkong who form the body principally interested in the Ordinance,
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I feel that I need not trouble Your Lordship with any lengthy observations on his representations. If there should be any point on which Your Lordship may desire further information or explanation, I would beg leave to suggest a reference to the Registrar General, Mr. Lockhart, who is intimately acquainted with every detail, and who is at present on his way to England.
There are, however, one or two allegations in the memorial on which I desire briefly to comment. Paragraph 6 complains that the Bill was precipitately read a first time in spite of the memorialist's motion for an adjournment. The first
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