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injurious

6th Hong song is religiously ineffection

for the dissemination

of

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reason of its close proxin

to the main land at the south

extremity of the Clunete Empire by keeping up a perpetual irri tanxiety in the Partar Governm

By reason of the dissolute

Christianity &ivilization in unsettled & marauding character China

7th Hong Kong is therefore useless to England

of the inhabitants, its distance from the millions of intelligent peaceful & semi- civilized people in the norther & central regions of Clunes, the impossibility of operating by Missionary enterprize from Hong Slong as exemplified by the American Missionaries in

after building substantial chapels and dwellings have all in despair quilted the

island

be a bot

(/) As it cam never (2) is not a Commercial Empire (3) Cannot be (4) is not required

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Military ( 5 ) is politically injurious and (6) religiously ineffective consequently it's maintenance is a waste of the Treasure, hit & energies of England

or Naval Station

These points I am prepared to prove in detail

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My Lord,

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Kolonia, Hongtong, 8th. hely, 1845.

Ihave the honor to inclose for Your Lordship's information a copy of s.) .___ M Martin's letter tendering.

N2.

his

resignation of the office of cheasurer, which resignation I have accepted according to Your Lordship's authority before conveyed to me.

In

my reply, also inclosed, I have informed her Martin that althoge Icould not sanction his proceeding home without a sick certificate, recognize those pleas which he had advanced for leave of absence on points

which had no concern whatever

The Right Honorable,

"The Lord Manly,

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with