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the Emanor that any deficienery. which may remain after that vote must be made cup by striking off

from the Bowring Praya. Jchorld make very light of Si J. Bavring's frequent inquiries whether the Plenipotentiary procure come uidemnity from the Chinese to Kory Khong. Parliament has made it's Revenue and Expenditure qual lince the trar, and it is hard therefore to see what indemnity the Chinese are to pay, unless it be

to be called

ирт

is hot to

to this Country for having chosen to

make

grants

to the Colony at this

period. But their that would not

be just,

lived with all their ingenuity

the local Officers have been by no

miaus successful in tracing any

particular items of their

ex cess

of

expenditure

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expenditure to the prevailing hostilitie

I view this therefre

topio, and

e as an idle

I cannot think that

Any pretence right to be used to get money from the Chinese in Order to execute embellishments to

the Chief Town of Hong Kong, or underge in other expenditure upon of luxury.

matters

G.FL.

Mr Blackwood

1 March.

The conest. Welation to the

decision to impor

gad, ending in a

hany of the Expense on this country, and

also to dinal die .). B. to pin wh

J.

the Praya for the present, requires

harmind.

ار زیاد پورش

6115

54.

57 57

Z

Annexed by Gov. 8161 11084 Gon.

70.977 器

T-4. 339

758.

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