The very trade which it controls and the shipments which it orders, are for the most part conducted many hundreds of miles away from Hongkong. It is a depôt, which may be regarded as maintained for the general convenience of Her Majesty's Government and of British merchants largely connected with the trade of China. I would therefore advocate the policy of leaving to it, as far as possible, the liberty to expend on improvements and works all the available local Public income that can be raised from the Community for those purposes, because the prestige and the preference given to it greatly depend on the advantages it continues to offer as a residence and as a convenient Depôt.
86. Nothing can be more admirable than its geographical position at the South Eastern extremity of China, offering equal facilities to vessels bound North, South, East, and West, and as lately proved in the case of the Pacific Mail Steam Company, affording greater conveniences than any other place in China as a central station for the traffic between California and China. Nevertheless, it is impossible to foresee what changes, by operation of Telegraph and Railway or other circumstances, may yet affect its prosperity, and I should gladly see the interval actively employed in making sanitary ...
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The
very
trade which it controls and
the shipments which it orders, are
the most part conducted of miles
mere
many
for
hundreds
away from Heongting. It is a
depôt, which
may
be rounded as
garded
maintained for the general convenience of Her Majesty's Government and of British
largely connected with the
interesto so
trade of China. I would therefore advocate the palicy of leaving to it, as far as + posible, the liberty to expend
on
improvements and works all the
available Public income that
can
local
be
raised from the Community for those purposes. because the
prestige and the
preference jiven to it greatly...
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on the advantages
Depût depends
as a residence.
and as
a convenient Depôt which it
continue to offer.
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cam
be
more admirable
than its geographical position at the South Eustern extremity of thine offering
equal facilities to repels bound North,
South
in
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West, and as
lately proved
the case of the Pacific Mail Steam
Company affording greate convenier.ces than
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other place in China station for the traffic between balifornic and China. Nevertheless it is imposible
to
foresee what changes by operation of
Selegraph
and
Railway
cr
ther
circumstances may yet affect it's prosperity
gladly
and I should
see the interval
actively employed in making san
sanitary
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