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of the shoal : and it will be well for

John Bowring to put himself

in Communication with the

Admiral on the station on the subject.

As regards the expenses of

erection and maintenance both

of which will it is presumed

be considerable my

Lads think

that there would be serious

objections to providing them out of the Imperial Funds and they would be glad to burn hard

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far the Mercantile Community of

Mang hồng

and the British

Merchants and Shipowners trading

at Chinese Ports would be

willing to contribute.

If the Trade with it my Lords think that funds may.

probably be raised by levying

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a "Toll on all vessels passing the Light whether British or Foreign

which enter Hong Kong

and

by levying & Folk under the Acts which relate to China

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