CO129-090 - Public Offices & Others - 1862 — Page 285

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that s

serving

Colonial posts

the Queen in

―

however high-

Juus

not considered

Equivalent to duties performes.

in other branches

Jublic suvice -

of

the

in plaire

Bords that the Colonial has

a

second rate and inferior

Department : and the

not only a

impression was not

dny painful one, but surved to increase & difficulties with which I

had to contend.

In this

respect, then, I thick

Hongkong is

is a pentier.

perhaps

Exceptional com

As tie

Dro

Colony

I am acquainted

with which

is

a

Governer brought into so

Just an Entent

of daily

contact with high Foreign

Officials and also with so

many other branches of our

brow

public service.

The Inercantile

Eurmunity-

also

ober

which

The Governor presides is de narkable for the wealth of its members, for their boundless hospitality. Costly display

This

and

impossible for Her Majesty's

Representative is compete

With