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and detrimental to the public Service. He stated that he

had conversed with the French

Minister on

thi

subject

buch

of opinion it

the latter was

was on

pass

the whole better to

over unnoticed the

habitual lies and libits of

Our

The

Colonial Newspapers.. fact is that both M de Bouboutin

and Dr. Parker have more.

1.

than

oncr

called

my attention

to the daring mendacities of

the newspaper Editors, which

have neither.

by

the

way

Spard

Nor

any

other Public

functionary : but Ibelecor.

the

19

the Foreign Representatives

satisfied themselves that to Elevate into the honor of the

notice and not

notoristip sought

for by obscure and illfamed

Editors (two of the moth notorious bring dismissed

Government servants) would br. an unwise policy..

The Admiral stated that

as it was

the

in

of great importance

proceedings

of the French

"the Coming Compaign)

Naval forces, should not be

the

misrepresented, he hoped I would insert in Hongkong Gazette any

statements of his

which he might desire to

Officialeze