CO129-018 - Others - 1846 — Page 88

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and its enclosure, and have the honour to report that Face of opinion that within the Colony of Hongkong an" Prequater" from #.th. Good is indispensable to any person acting as Consul for a Foreign State, but I think that at the Chinese Ports, british subjects are at liberty to accept the appointment of Consul for a torcega thate without such exequatur, until

a prohibitay Law shall be passed by competent authority. By the statute 6th & 7th Bick ch. 80. a Law to that effect might, if deemed expedient, be passed by the Governor of toughong with the advice of the Legislative Council.

The emploquent by British Subjects of Danish, Swedish, or foreign befels

hr apon the bogages adverted to by John Davis, might likeurie be prohibited by the same authority, but how far it would be advisable to

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pass a law for the purpose, same not furnished with sufficient means of

forming a judgment.

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J. Dodson.