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2.

that the bolony of Hougtong

was

solely

and bona fide

British Colony, not merely is point of territorial title,

but with all the M

rights,~

ummunities, and

privileges exclusive Sovereignty which appertain to every established

settlement or Plantation

of the British brown.

2.

first

upon

That thus, one of its

and elemen

elementary privileys its foundation as a fre-

British Settlement became

the right of free a

and unrestricted.

immigration from

ration from what

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quarter soever the settler might come, and think proper to identify himself, with the fortunes of the new settlement.

3.

That a considerable chinese.

population mainly from the province of Kwangtung,

aud

Chiefly from the district known as Heong Shaw, relying upon the protection afforded to life and property by the British Laws, did, from year - year, for the last fifteen

lo

within this

years, grow up. Colony, and becouse permanently bound to its fortunes by