CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 85

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The fourth ground of blame

is ive prably nothing

02.

Kess than

more

Expression of

نصير

· opinion ow the part of the Committer as to the propriety of the Colonial Kerstary s practising. as a barrister .. If it would have an injurious

the Chinese mind Effsck

to see the Opium Monopolist

the

prtaiw acting Colonial.

Soretary

ει

and there is no-

: vidruer of any Chinaman-

whatsoever ever-

στι

having thought.

the subject it would be- also injurious that the beloved Forstary should take our-part

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or another in any litigation for if he might be supposed to carry weight with him me our, matter he might be supponds

to do so in another also. This is

a

difficulty

which

was finally.

thaw a

3 year

determined more

ago

and it

beardly there for subgr

to the opinion of the Committer.

I have to offer my

Brosh

respectful apology to Four Lend dis

the brugth of t

for

brecgth of this commun conten

but the matter is our

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infinite moment to me and

Courst conviction

ferling that I have acted asse struught foward

throughout

servant of the Qursue it had been

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