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The land affected is not of large extent or of any great value;
Chinese and Japanese have not hitherto sought to build upon it;
and the Government co-operation for which I ask authority is an
essential condition of this scheme for providing a mall European
residential area in Victoria below the Peak.
13.
I may mention in conclusion that the Chinese
opposition to this so-called racial discrimination is mainly a matter of recent growth, fostered by Eurasians who have been educated in Europe and America; and it is probably the case that
the Chinese community would as a whole take little interest in
and less objection to any arrangement under which any class or
section of the community may be allowed to appropriate to itself
a separate residential area.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
7.2. Stubbes
Governor,&c.