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their influence to secure such modifications in the Hong Kong Ordinance as will prevent the trade in question from passing into the hands of German or other Foreign Shipowners who will of course be only too pleased to secure it to the serious loss of British Shipowners.
I have the Honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient Servant,
William
Secretary.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin, K.G.
Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office,
S.W.
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