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Bank tells me that they

hold Liften - Sisternths of the note circulation of the foreign Banks

"cally, the whole of the bullion

and, ^rac

that is not in the coffers of the Foreign Banks.

The largest individual

owner of Freign Steamers in

is a chimere Gentleman._

Hongkong is a

Sir Percules Robinson expreped the

Opinion that they contribute

nearly srinety-eight per cent of the Colonial

Revenue.

It is imposible is

determine this with

accurxey,

they certainly contribute more than ninety per cent of the

buk

revenue,

In other respects also they have Saims on Her Majesty's

42.

consideration

They

Loyal Citizens.

are not inferior in works of

Charity and benevolence to the

AM

Foreign Community. The Civil Strapital, which is intended for Europeans, is maintained by annual vote of public sew patients pay for certain privileges, but there are no voluntar contributions. He Tung Wa trapital,

which

was

money:

a

partly built out of the old dinere fambling licence funt, is a far larger institution, and is intended for the linese Community. He is surported by the voluntary contributions of the Chinere Merchants and Shopkapes. There are several other benevolent institutions

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