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1841-1886

OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.

323

HONG KONG.

No. 2.

Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor SIR R. G. MACDONNELL, C.B., to The EARL

(No. 838.) MY LORD,

GRANVILLE, K.G.

Government House, Hong Kong, December 28, 1869.

I HAVE the honour to forward herewith the Blue Book for 1868, and regret that although I received that document so far back as the end of August, circumstances beyond my control, including illness and extreme pressure of business, have prevented my drawing up such a report of the Colony's present position and such an analysis of the events and transactions affecting it during 1868, as I had hoped to complete before this.

I can no longer, however, detain the Blue Book, and therefore, forward it in the hope that I may be able to send an explanatory Despatch in time to be printed for circulation with some of the more important Returns appended to it.

As elucidating the financial position of the Colony I transmit the statement which I laid before the Legislative Council last September, as it deals with an unusual variety of subjects interesting locally. It is right, however, to remark that since framing that

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1841-1886 OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS. 323 15 HONG KONG. No. 2. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor SIR R. G. MACDONNELL, C.B., to The EARL (No. 838.) MY LORD, GRANVILLE, K.G. Government House, Hong Kong, December 28, 1869. I HAVE the honour to forward herewith the Blue Book for 1868, and regret that although I received that document so far back as the end of August, circumstances beyond my control, including illness and extreme pressure of business, have prevented my drawing up such a report of the Colony's present position and such an analysis of the events and transactions affecting it during 1868, as I had hoped to complete before this. I can no longer, however, detain the Blue Book, and therefore, forward it in the hope that I may be able to send an explanatory Despatch in time to be printed for circulation with some of the more important Returns appended to it. As elucidating the financial position of the Colony I transmit the statement which I laid before the Legislative Council last September, as it deals with an unusual variety of subjects interesting locally. It is right, however, to remark that since framing that

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1841-1886 OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS. 323 15 HONG KONG. No. 2. Cory of a DESPATCII from Governor SIR R. G. MACDONNELL, C.B., to The EARL (No. 838.) MY LORD, GRANVILLE, K.G. Government House, Hong Kong, December 28, 1809. I HAVE the honour to forward herewith the Blue Book for 1808, and regret that although I received that document so far back as the end of August, circumstances beyond my control, including illness and extreme pressure of business, have prevented my drawing up such a report of the Colony's present position and such an analysis of the events and transactions affecting it during 1868, as I had hoped to complete before this. I can no longer, however, detain the Blue Book, and therefore, forward it in the hope that I may be able to send an explanatory Despatch in time to be printed for circulation with some of the more important Returns appended to it. As clucidating the financial position of the Colony I transmit the statement which I laid before the Legislative Council last September, as it deals with an unusual variety of subjects interesting locally. It is right, however, to remark that since framing that

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1841-1886

OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.

323

HONG KONG.

No. 2.

Cory of a DESPATCII from Governor SIR R. G. MACDONNELL, C.B., to The EARL

(No. 838.) MY LORD,

GRANVILLE, K.G.

Government House, Hong Kong, December 28, 1809. I HAVE the honour to forward herewith the Blue Book for 1808, and regret that although I received that document so far back as the end of August, circumstances beyond my control, including illness and extreme pressure of business, have prevented my drawing up such a report of the Colony's present position and such an analysis of the events and transactions affecting it during 1868, as I had hoped to complete before this.

As clucidating the financial position of the Colony I transmit the statement which I laid before the Legislative Council last September, as it deals with an unusual variety of subjects interesting locally. It is right, however, to remark that since framing that

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