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Line from Canton to Hong
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-Kong, but whether it is laid or not, it is in
my opinion most important that our Lönes should be brought into connection with the Chinese
Imperial system, whose tis- -minus it is hoped, will be at Canton, in order that a portion, at least, of the Traffic might be carried
by the English system and
not diverted on to the Danish and Russian Lenes, as would br the case if Shanghai con made the terminus of the Chinese System.
We have already
communicated our view
through the Colonial Office to the Governor of HongKong in the cense indicated in
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