CO129-167 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [1-8] — Page 662

السريه سيهون والشعر و المرموقة مع مليون والي مسالم الريالي واله

Duties may be paid and grand chops granted to Juntts Anding with the Colony

The Executive founcil resolved that this was a move in

the night direction but

very wisely asthed to be furnished with a copy of the Tariff of

Duties.

This is important in

reference to some remant's which I will presently submit.

Conclusions.

After perusing all these documents one cannot but feel that the Hong Kong fimmission has placed itself at a great

disadvantage

disadvantage by not appending

to their Report the notes of Evidence

or

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copies of the Records of the C. P. O. upon which

they found their conclusions of fact.

He Chamber of Commerce

were no doubt andious to see the Report in order to ascertain how far they

were warranted

by the evidence

of

taken in making

of;

public their belief in the existence

the abuses complained, but looking at the number and portion of the Signotinies, it

impossible, allowing for mis = =tates and exaggeration, not to

conclude

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