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endeavour to devise some means of protecting interests which undoubtedly demand attention. But here, as in every part of the field of government the difficulty of finding

for effecting obviously

instruments

useful objects is immensely great. our Merchants are all busily secured with the accumulation of wealth, - and invariably consider themselves

whose interests

as birds of passage in the Colony are to be transferred to other hands

as soon as

their

fortunes shall have been made. -

there is great difficulty of bringing

about

any

action in cooperation

or common action

with the shop keeping classes who give

to their own business all their time

and attention and whose ultimate objects in life differ from those of the

no

more influential and

opulent Merchants - the Creole and mixed races have neither the intellectual nor the moral attributes which can be turned to much account, _and the vast and increasing mass of Chinese population are practically

Chinese isolated in consequence of the absence of three links which can only be supplied by a class almost wholly wanting - who have made the language, literature, and Law of China the subject of their

attention.-

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endeavour to devise some means of protecting interests which undoubtedly demand attention. But here, as in every part of the field of government the difficulty of finding for effecting obviously instruments useful objects is immensely great. our Merchants are all busily secured with the accumulation of wealth, - and invariably consider themselves whose interests as birds of passage in the Colony are to be transferred to other hands as soon as their fortunes shall have been made. - there is great difficulty of bringing about any action in cooperation or common action with the shop keeping classes who give to their own business all their time and attention and whose ultimate objects in life differ from those of the no more influential and opulent Merchants - the Creole and mixed races have neither the intellectual nor the moral attributes which can be turned to much account, _and the vast and increasing mass of Chinese population are practically Chinese isolated in consequence of the absence of three links which can only be supplied by a class almost wholly wanting - who have made the language, literature, and Law of China the subject of their attention.-
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68 87 254 endeavour to devise some means of protecting interests which undoubtedly demand attention. But here, as in every part of the field of joverment the difficulty of finding for effecting obviouly instruments useful objects is immensely great. our Mucrchants are all busily secured with the accumulation of wealth, - and invariably consider themselves whose interests as birds of passage in the Colony are to be tranfened to other hand as soon as their Ποι fortunes shall have been made. - there is great difficulty of bringing about any action n cooperation Crumou action n with the shop Keeping classes who give to their own business all their time and attention and whore ultimate objects in us recrect differ from those of the no more influential and opulent Murchants - the Creole and mixed races have neither the intellectual no the moral artitures which can be turned to much account, _and the vast and inercasing masi of Chincc population are practically Chinese isolated in consequence of the absence of three links which can only be cupplied by a class_almst wholly wanting - who have made the language, literature, and Low- of China the cubject of their attention.-
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endeavour to devise some means of protecting interests which undoubtedly demand attention. But here, as in every part of the field of joverment the difficulty of finding

for effecting obviouly

instruments

useful objects is immensely great. our Mucrchants are all busily secured with the accumulation of wealth, - and invariably consider themselves

whose interests

as birds of passage in the Colony are to be tranfened to other hand

as soon as

their

Ποι

fortunes shall have been made. -

there is great difficulty of bringing

about

any

action n cooperation

Crumou action n

with the shop Keeping classes who give

to their own business all their time

and attention and whore ultimate objects in us recrect differ from those of the

no

more influential and

opulent Murchants - the Creole and mixed races have neither the intellectual no the moral artitures which can be turned to much account, _and the vast and inercasing masi of Chincc population are practically

Chinese isolated in consequence of the absence of three links which can only be cupplied by a class_almst wholly wanting - who have made the language, literature, and Low- of China the cubject of their

attention.-

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