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Government – than which. China man values. Mue a and thing and for this they have been made to pay. They constitute 98 per cent of the population, and contribute nearly a similar proportion of the revenue. They have made the Colony the centre of a large local coasting trade dépôt at which the produce of north and South, destined for consumption in China, changes hands. And although this is a trade which enriches the Colony in which no National interest is concerned, while the chief profit derived by the Colony from the foreign trade (for which there is a National interest, and the protection of which is maintained) consists in the men and personal expenditure of those connected with that trade who use the Colony. It is a directing centre for their trade.

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Government than which. China man values. Mue a and thing and for this they have been made to pay. They constitute 98 per cent of the population, and contribute nearly a similar proportion of the revenue. They have made the Colony the centre of a large local coasting trade dépôt at which the produce of north and South, destined for consumption in China, changes hands. And although this is a trade which enriches the Colony in which no National interest is concerned, while the chief profit derived by the Colony from the foreign trade (for which there is a National interest, and the protection of which is maintained) consists in the men and personal expenditure of those connected with that trade who use the Colony. It is a directing centre for their trade. Page 220 has been removed as it is not clear if it is part of the original text, however, the instruction to keep page numbering as is, is followed in general. Since the original text is not provided with clear page numbering, the above response is based on the given text only. If the original text had "Page 220" as part of the scanning delineation, it should be kept as per instruction 11. However, without the full context, the above response is given.
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