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London- and that Live cheap- that in London the

fav

is also

cats of

is about of the 1000 cubiève

ost of a

feet-

that the cost

in

Areet lamp

Hong Kong which is now $1.48 per month.

would under

the

proposed arrangement be about $12 and

that the amount of the lighting

wen

rake is, at prevent generally

complained of

"

"Y Roughly speaking, the

rate proposed by for their fav

the Company

would be 6

the cost of far in London, and

about Shines the cost

oil

number of for lampe 8. Whether it is

tee to

guarantee years

a

a rate po

in

of anequal

Victoria.

right to

Company for 20

apparently

exorbitant

exerbitant,

to

guie a Company

which aoke such terms the

exclusive right of supplying Victoria with fan

a

question

on which the officer administering

the

4

while the acting Allomey formal

is

equally

silent

as to the details

the proposed Legislation, menly

adiving that showed the enarpration of a new Company-

by

Local Ordinance be resolved the application being

the first of its kind be referred

to the Securary of Hari.

G- It

appears

to me

that

the

question

state in

hon is not in a

which