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further,
and we venture to direct
your
455
of his
Lordship's attention to certain remarks, which fell from the Governor, in the course of his addresses, at a recent meeting of the Legislative Council, as they appear in the report contained in the "Daily Press" newspaper, which accompanies this letter, and especially to those portions marked in red ink. We do not inclose the Government Gazette, as the report was mutilated in the process of transcription and much of the matter was suppressed. The accuracy, however, of the newspaper report is beyond impeachment.
465
We do not pretend to lay much stress on the Governor's threat, ill-timed as, under the circumstances, it was, to add "naught to the amount" and thus increase the fee, payable by the Distillery, to Dollars Twenty thousand ($20,000), because, difficult as we admit it to be to tell whether His Excellency's public utterances merely represent a passing feeling or a settled conviction, we do not think His Excellency would care to venture on a policy of direct confiscation; but we cannot resist the conviction that the animus against Mr Keswick, the senior partner of our firm in China, as evidenced by his remarks, more especially that portion of them in which he referred to the public meeting of 1878, got up by Mr Keswick, having been altogether untrue statement.
J
further,
and we venture to direct
your
455
of his
Lordship's attention to certain remarks, which fell from the Governor, in the course addresses, at a recent meeting of the Legisla- tive bouncil, as they appear in the report contained in the Daily Press" newspaper, "Daily Press" which accompanies this letter, and is- 11 Sept 1880 pecially to those portions marked in red ink. We do not inclose the Government bazette, as this report was a mutilated in the process of transcription and much of the matter,
into that
organ,
good
deal
we refer to bring obviously unfit for a sober official record, was
The
accuracy
suppressed.
however of the newspaper report
is beyond impeachment.
465
We do not pretend to lay much shess on the Governor's threat, ill timed as, to add a under the circumstances, it was,
"naught to the amount" and thus increase the fee, payable by the Distillery, to Dollars Twenty thousand. ( $20000.), because, diffi-
cult as
we admit it to be to tell whether
His Excellency's public utterances repre- merely reflect sent a settled conviction,
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passing feeling.
ot
we do not think His
Excellung would care to venture
on a
policy of direct confiscation; but we can-
not resist the conviction that the animus.
against Mr Keswick, the senior partner of our firm in China, his remarks, more
as evidenced by ispecially that portion
of them, in which he referred to the
Public muting of 1878, up by Mr Keswick,
w
us
having been got
statement alto -
gether.
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