DESPATCH.
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Governor. No.
Bruton 259 1897
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(Subject.)
Shipping charges
Have now been reduced,
because reduced. Shipping
Leads mercantile
community, satisfied.
Harbour has
(Minutes.)
Lind Selbane
The Report of
to in my
referred to 5138/97
the Commission
last minute
has not been sent
home; but as the dues have been
need not perhaps
reduced we need not.
ask for that Report.
? Ack. rest of this despite
of this desper tito Enclosure - tat
? Add that the Sec. of State must
not be understood to concur
in the
views expressed by Capt Rumsey
[this paper is interesting but
respect to his arguments
but with all
which is very
desirable that the port of Hong Kong
should remain
as free as possible.
7 Hechizar.
39/1