CO129-128 - Public Offices & Others - 1867 — Page 628

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Some of them

falling into their lowas there wome The no chance of their exemping". town this was perfect fiction; the Aborigines are

"2a1 savages, bu

Laving spent several days with on different occasions," & frum them simple innocent people, friendly beyond

but inveterate against the Chines who to all they can against them On the other hand it is the chinese themselves who murde and not the crews of any Europ Vesser importunate enough to cha

Cart

on the shore, and number of 20 cent enter could. Is horyl forward to corroborate this.

Anwong other instances contit he mentioned the Ring "lessa and the "Hoffnung" schooner in decime

last.

of Couce it is the Policy ofe chinese to prevent Europeans für seeing

holding any

in te with the hatines as net as popi The resources of the Island app the almost unfounded, but never be properly developed unde the present system.

The Influence of the British, the well established in the Eush, wil Lave the maintaines for come years at least by keeping up

Fleek, and

Military Station

a

either at

Hongkong

Formosa would

or

elsewhere. $26

arner he highly advanta.

geons for this, and

the annexation

of the Island to the British Empire would do more than has been done

for the last twenty time increasing

yeny

influence; at least in humble opinion the subject is worth Consideration

my

Ed not think the

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difficulty would

be very great.-

the Chinese Government on behalf of the mandaucous would

Mandarins

require compensation, and, though its authority there seems almost mythical, the representatives of the British Jonem- ment have acknowledged its right twa portion of the Lehans by allowing the two Portory Laiwan -Foo Lamany

to be included in the Treaty = have been an oversight, as also it might have been in the case of Sien chow in the Esland of

this

may

and

Nainen which line Formiuse is stile

occupied by Avorigines:

Looking

at the matter

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a commercine

Thin

speculation, there can be eno doubl about the ultimate result

advance for compensation to Manding would be repord

very few years, and with such security and the certainty of a good

return plenty of Enfictalists

A

a

come forward with the money._ should there be no medien, opinion

Agoran it, there is no doubt Formora

brned