CO129-023 - Sir John Davis - 1848 [1-3] — Page 227

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The Right Honourable The Earl Shey,

Secretary of State for H.M. Colonies.

The Memorial of the British and other Inhabitants of Slingsheng, And its Vicinity.

Humbly Sheweth,

That

your Memorialists are deeply interested in the welfare of this Colony, either as owning or renting property in it?

Your Memorialists deem it unnecessary to obtrude upon your Lordship a detailed statement of the unsatisfactory position of this Colony, the subject having been so recently brought to the notice of H.M. Ministers in the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on British Commercial relations with China: but

Memorialists respectfully submit to your Lordship, that since the establishment of the settlement, the unusually heavy Ground-rent has been felt a severe burden upon themselves individually, and a serious...

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The Right Honourable The Earl Shey, Secretary of State for H.M. Colonies. The Memorial of the British and other Inhabitants of Slingsheng, And its Vicinity. Humbly Sheweth, That your Memorialists are deeply interested in the welfare of this Colony, either as owning or renting property in it? Your Memorialists deem it unnecessary to obtrude upon your Lordship a detailed statement of the unsatisfactory position of this Colony, the subject having been so recently brought to the notice of H.M. Ministers in the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on British Commercial relations with China: but Memorialists respectfully submit to your Lordship, that since the establishment of the settlement, the unusually heavy Ground-rent has been felt a severe burden upon themselves individually, and a serious... Page 2 was removed as per the instruction to output only HTML using for paragraphs (and only if absolutely necessary). The text was corrected for spelling errors (Ear&shey -> Earl Shey, altote -> State, 1.M. -> H.M., Slingsheng -> likely "Slingshang" but kept as is due to rule 7, Hambly -> Humbly, Memerialists -> Memorialists, Fordship -> Lordship, tittlewent -> settlement, Fround -> Ground, bon -> been), spacing issues, and some obvious OCR errors. The original word count and order were preserved as per the instructions. The text was formatted into paragraphs using HTML tags.
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The Right Honourable The Ear&shey, Secretary of altote for 1.M. Celonies. The Memorial of the British and other Inhabitants of Slingsheng, And its Vicinity. Hambly Sinoweth, That your Memorialists are duply interested in the welfare of this Colony, either as owning or to obtrude renting property in it? Your Memerialists deem it unnecessary upon your Lordship a detailed statement of the unsatisfactory position of this Celony, the subpet having been so recently brought to the notice of H.M. Ministers in the Séport of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on British Commercial relations with China: but Memorialists respectfully submit to your your. Fordship, that since the establishment of the tittlewent, the As A.· unusually heavy Fround - rent has bon felt. severe burden upon themselves individually, and a Serious * 2
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The Right Honourable The Ear&shey,

Secretary of altote for 1.M. Celonies.

The Memorial of the British and other Inhabitants of Slingsheng, And its Vicinity.

Hambly Sinoweth,

That

your Memorialists are

duply

interested in the welfare of this Colony, either as

owning or

to obtrude

renting property in it?

Your Memerialists deem it unnecessary upon your Lordship a detailed statement of the unsatisfactory position of this Celony, the subpet having been so

recently brought to the notice of H.M. Ministers in the Séport of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on British Commercial relations with China: but

Memorialists respectfully submit to

your

your.

Fordship,

that since the establishment of the tittlewent, the

As A.·

unusually heavy Fround - rent has bon felt. severe burden upon themselves individually, and a

Serious *

2

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