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in J. nts from the Colony of Haughing, and informing

HongKong,

you

had made a

me that

resentation to

represent

Earl Granville with

a view to an

urrangement with this Government

som l

which in return for concession advantageous to British Interects due surveillance

I the

Revenue concerned could be secured

to China

Looking

ut the doubts expressed by You Excellency of the impossibility our obtaining from the Imperial

of ou

Sevenment

my exchange of the

And contemplated and to the

prospect of a disallowance

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entered into with the Viceroy of

the Dive Quang, I do not see what good could at any period have recutted from the submision of proposals from this Government,

That the Viceroy himself was at one time expprehensive that the close surveillance of the waters surrounding Hongkong might lead to serious complications with this Sovenmeil and would then if

perutted by the Yamon have been disposed to respond to

advances made to him is

possible, but matters

by

the

Yamon of any

such

arrangement

میم کے بھیج دیے

any

very

newo

w greatly

changed. The surveillance has been established. The dutice

مجھیے تو کی

frimm