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Famor 323 a reduced number of chests of Opium being allowed to him - and the Imperial Government will come to the financial assistance of the Colony in meeting the losses to be incurred.
3. In these circumstances it appears to me that there is no necessity and that it would be contrary to public policy to publish the Despatches in extenso, and I propose to summarise the general purport of my own Despatches and to quote the essential parts of Your Lordship's reply in a statement to Council in which I trust I may be able to show that His Majesty's Government have modified their proposals on learning of the financial position of the Colony, and of the obligations incurred under the existing Farm Contract, without bringing into prominence such views of my own as appeared to run counter to the declared policy of His Majesty's Government.
With regard to the Memorandum. After careful consideration I have decided to lay this before the Council, because I have in it endeavoured to vindicate the Colony from the charge of apathy and indifference which some members of the House of Commons had brought against it. It contains moreover a number of facts relative to the Opium Question and more particularly to the
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