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the expenditure of the Colony.
This is a proposal that some half dozen men representing say eight hundred ratepayers should dispose of the revenues derived from.
over 200,000 Chinese ratepayers and derived also from Government Land sales, and local industries, and British Capital.
Assuming that the unofficial Members were all elected and that they had a working majority, it may be conceived what evils would arise in the local Legislature if they could dispose of its revenues as they might elect.
If this prayer were granted it would be necessary in common justice to give the Chinese adequate representation based either (a)