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of the mat cuemuraging exaracter. I is imizuide to walk through

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Structs without observing marked improvement in the

domestie counts

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as in the dress

Af the nerale. Grealities where

And well-

hit rude aux

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few years ago nothing

ragged. Shanties are

being enered with recrcctable dwellings of bricks and stone. Shops exhibit undoubted cridence of proquce and prosperity- and I observe man of the accncctable

shopkeepers of Canton establishing

The

themselves among us prejudices against the Colony

gradually wearing away.

and

me

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notwithstanding very many

unconceted and not casily

the

traccable abuses, I think there is among the Chinese a strengthening confidence in the integrity of higher Officials, _ in the dive administration of justice and in the protection of the Inhabitants against arbitrary and despotie nets.

If

we could cusure the

retention of

the services of the

present Blonial Surgeon I should "be well satisfied with the present arrangements, -creept that I think It Menzies is inadequately. paid. I have great pleasure in reporting my thorough approval

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