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the current year, I cannot but anticipate a material increase on the whole, when they shall be put up for the second time. The characteristic caution of the Chinese makes them very bad bidders at the commencement of an experiment
In fact everything is new here, a large portion of the population not yet settled in their permanent dwellings.
Patience and perseverance are therefore necessary in respect to the levying of imports, lest many persons should at the commencement be discouraged from resorting to the Colony. The first duty of the Government has been nearly completed, with regard to the three important points of drainage, the communication by roads, and the security of person and property by means of an efficient Police. We may hope