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secretly

abetted and aided to mature it.

Hoer

Majesty's Minister

ever

stating that

he neither saw anything illegal

in the

intended action of the Chinese Authorities

nov

of

anything prejudicial to British interests;

I pubmit that I am left completely preverlep

ао

of

comoe

I can

take

the boundary of this

13.

I have protested

no action autoide

Small

Island.

as the enclosed ce

correspondence with bonaul Robertson pheus!

but I have also declined the useles tack of purening the subject further. I can onl tubmit what has occured to

only Your Grace

in the hope that Her Majesty's Gramment

may

be able to see a

solution of

for which, from their nature, it is

that I

can devise a re

• remedy

difficulties

imposible

as those who

Vide Enclosure c 2 in Governors Despatch No 542 of

9th July, 1868.

Enclosure Nes

lla

Ach

were

•plaud on guard not merely gave

mo

OLO

it

were outside

warning to the

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authorities here, but have done their best

to cheer on the bhinese

the bhinese in their

aggrefsive policy.

14.

I have denied bensul Palution's

right to detimine by his opinion alone whether subjects seriously albeating the trade

are or are not of sufficient

of this balony

importance to communicate it to the

Govenor:

his

execuoe

and

is

although the fucklenes of

evident.

I

would suggest

some meano

should be

to Your Grace that devised to obtain a clear understanding

of what the duty of the Meinoter and bonsul consists ander such circumstances. The

Governor here is strictly forbidden to

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