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author

of

Across Chryse"

applying for a grant from

the Government

of Hongkong

in aid of his proposed

explorations in China.

2.

Under the

circumstances stated;

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and that he has received

a subsidy from

the

In 1878

Government

of

the Straits

Settlements; I have proposed,

and the Legislative Council

has

unanimously

voted

seeing that the result

of

Mr. Archibald Ross Colquhoun's explorations

in the

quarter of the globe cannot fail to promote the trade of Hongkong; seeing also that he is acting

under the auspices of

the

Government of British India,

to

grant him a

grant of three hundred pounds (£300)

A similar sum has also been

voted by the Hongkong Chamber

of Commerce.

I have the honour to be My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient

humble Servant,

G. M. Bowen