CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3] — Page 495

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Home Government and to

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be thoroughly practical .. On laying the draft before

he to wy Sir John Bowring he to surprise regret. seclined to legislate

legislate without another reference home. His Excellency appears to be

impression that

under ar

un

the measure would be

au

lar one

extremely unpopular in this Colony I venture most respectfully to state that from my position I have infinitely better

of ascertaining than be from his exalted m

Means

station possibly

what

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can have

& public opinion is to far from being unpopular

and so

it would be hailed

DD

ал

great boon by the whole "Mercantile Community

as it would render their

ships

crews far

моче

healthy than they

are at

present . Mr. Caldwell the Protector of Chinese

and

of

d. Superintendant Police is of opinion that

the measure will be

acceptable to the Chinese here and has himself

stated to the Governor that

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