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Colonial vessel Victoria now

In

building. 11 my despatch No 594 of the

20th instants transmitting the Estimates for 1869 (Para 12) and also in

Financial Statement

statement of this

my

year

Tuvas 36 to 38) which formed qui enclosure in that despatch I drew attention specially to the necessity for such

I am unable to account on

pepel.

reasonable

a

grounds for the partial

opposition which the proposal met

as for nearly two

years an in

any

unfailing

Sonce of ridicule and invective against the Goverment has been found in my maintaining for the business of the Harbor Department

an ordinary Chinese

Junkte.

There curtainly would be

reasonable objection

more

objection to the patisy of

the Goverment if the latter, when in fundo, wilfully

on

and

voluntarily

using such a craft when for providing

insisted there wase ample

a more

Suitable

whether she

a

means

ome

The

was to be

poiling repel

the bouncil, and

question

to be a steamer

was

left entirely to

ov

I have little dault

that in prefening a repel propelled by

steam the bouncil did re

really deside

in harmony with Public opinion, and

cutainly adopted the course best

calculated to promote the Public

out the objects for

interest and

cany

which a bolonial vessel

is needed.