CO129-067 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [1-4] — Page 341

of

beer mad2) and improvement effected in 1857 / than in any previous year, and of in the face of such hinds everyf portion

Revenue had given se

a pipes of as skady movement in aderan

light fears neeet mon bes entertaineds for the fir hire prosperity of Hongkong.

"The wundertakings which must necessarily. great influence on the commercial " pansperity of the Islands the comfort of its inhabi

its inhabitants, and

the appearance) and sa

safety

of its capital have been investfally

enced during the past.

commenced,

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year _ Drefer to the Cocks now in progress at Aberdeen the rebuilding of the pude markets the prection of

several

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lie

new ones and the

construction of the Bowring Praya . The Cocks are a private enterprise fraught with most important consequences to that portion of the Island which has been selected,

rebecked for

their site and the conditions

are built

upon which they will plways afford to Her Majes i 38 hips the means of repairing all accidents co which may occur to them

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