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the special interests of his Inspectorate and the broader interest connected with the advancement of the much abused Hong Kong British stronghold of Foreign Civilization at the face of China. Mr Hart is a gentleman of extraordinary ability and influence in China, and if his offer of partnership in the important scheme proposed were accepted, it would probably reconcile by degrees the conflicting interests which have rendered the Colony odious in the eyes of the Foreign Inspectorate and of British Ministers at Peking and strengthen the position of Hong Kong as a fulcrum for the great civilizing engine, Commerce, which Mr Hart is so anxious to develop as he observes "a posit... from which Western light might be thrown into the whole of China!"
The questions involved are of such great practical importance to the future welfare of the Colony that Lord Carnarvon may be disposed to invite His Excellency Kennedy to favour him with his views before...
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the special interests of his
Inspectorate and the broader
interest connected
with the
advancement of the much
ax
abused Hong Kong British stronghold of Foreign Avilization at the face of Chinn. Mr Hart is a gentleman op extraordinng ability and influence in China, and if his offer of partnership in the important scheme proposed
were a creptest, it would probably reconcile by depees
the conflicting interests which have rendered the Colony odions in the eyes of the Foreign
Inspectorate and of Excessive
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and strengthen the position
of Hong Kong
as
for
fulcrum
the great civilizing engine,
Commerce, which Mr Hart
is so anxions.
and
to develop
as he obeunes
"
a
posit
" from which Western light "might be
be thrown into the
whole of
China!
The questions in =
cvolved are
of
such
great
practical importance to the future welfare of the Colony that Lord Carnarvon
may
be disposed to invite Lis Q Mennedy to favor him
views befor
with his views
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