10.
I must apologize for the length of this 13
despatch but I feel that the matter is one of vital importance to the Colony and I am intensely anxious that if I cannot persuade you to accept my views, which are, as I have said, the views of the thinking community of Hongkong as a whole, you may at least be in a position to understand
them fully and clearly.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
7. E. Stubbs
Governor, &c.