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"consent

of

The

Governor", with whom

re-introducing

indeed rested the power of

it.

haste,

There

was no un nec

necessary

as the matter had been some six

Months

before

the bouneil; and the

public, and the resolution to proceed

with the 2nd reading

was adopted

in perfect practice of the lomail.

accordance with the ordinary

3.

The third objection

ала

understood it, and as it seemed to be

f

understood by the Council, was

a

denial of the right of three members

to vote as

they voted, a

charge to which

each of the members indicated had already replied

4. The number of signatures

attached to the two petitions shows

conclusively that the Public Noice is in favor of the Ordinance whether expressed through the Chamber of Commerce,

or the General Body of the Trading Community, whose Petitions have been

already forwarded to you in Sir Hercules Robinson's Despatch above quoted.

5.

From the fifth objection twe

conclusions, equally erroneous may.

be

inferred first, that a Companies" - Ordinance existed in Shanghai

was the cause

of "unhappy and

and

disastrous speculation", whereas the

fact is that no such Ordinance is Kinnon there, and therefore

no control

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