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Reverne Blockade of the Colony.
Lord Ralisbury's
words
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Dart
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's statement was in these 's
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reported in the " Times of 10th May.
With respect to the third matter,
the appointment of a Commission
to regulates
the differences between Hong Kong and the
City of Canton, if you
Section, you
will look at the }
will find that is
provision in favour of
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michsteral
the British
Government on account of the interference
"
of
the Customs Renemne Cringers with the
Junk trade of
the Colony
76 was
provision inserted in order to redress grievances fall-by the Governor of
Hong Kong. He has reported that the
grievance
"grievance it was intended to
"
has
remedy
ceased, and there is therefore no further
"reason to appoint the Commission.
This Chamber has no
information
before it regarding the nature of
the
report made to Her Majesty & Divernment by the Governor, but the Committee desire-
me to assure you
that the grievances
complained of by the Chamber and by.
the Community still exist, and are
serions and well founded as at
QA
at any
tine since the present obnoxious system
was inaugurated.
As indicating the character of
the
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