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howrows a free port from the beginning - it beny Hampers Raffle intention that it dould alway rrenain a per port. The watter was placed de a legal fisting by proclamation in "Nov", 1822. I cannot produce a copy of this document, but the gist of it will be forms in huckley's Anecdotal history of Sagapore Vol I

verrwith.

Yu.72

? Reply that

declared a

Roclamation

19.9.4.

HK. was

free port

by

dated 16·2·42,

i.e. within a year of the

cession of the island by China.

That Singapore

a

free port ever

boos hum

Liivee

by his Comford Raffles,

ito occupation to 1819,

that it's por

JM

L

a free port

legalised by proclamation

1822 1

that [it is

believed that ] W.H.W. has

MINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN

ON THIS SIDE.

also

from

been a

243

free port

the beginning of

our occupation;

So Kat

Even if published accounts

of the establishment & development of theme forts

free ports were

not)

Ast

(4 There not thought

b

ad.

available

it is

that they

of much the densing t

Harbam 190,

19/9. Ali once

AEC

23.9

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