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representatives in the Chinese Senate of Chinese resident out of
China.
I have given the gist of the conversation
which ensued in my Confidential Despatch of even date. The manner of the Minister for the Interior in answering my question was so shifty and unsatisfactory that I was unable to attach any credence
to what he said.
was,
The demeanour of the population in the City
with a few exceptions, quite friendly, more so than it is, I
regret to say, in Hongkong, where from the first day of my arrival in July last I have noticed signs of aggressiveness and antipathy
Europeans on the part of the Chinese population.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Governor,&c..