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of the maintenance of the

Clauses

of

the Davis Convention

of 1846, relating to the

Island.

And

the latest

of

The

occasion for

an exchange

of mutual obligations with

the Island by

to the

two parties.

Regard

the treaty

The

We the

Chusan, express the

hope of

Chamber that Her Majesty's

Government will

at will recognise

The

vast importance to British commercial interests of that Island

Than

being preserved from occupation

by any foreign power.

The rendition

to

the

of

Chusan

Chinese, after

its occupation during

years by British forces, formed

des

und

of Nankin, was

reasonable and natural.

the circumstances, and

the Council submits to

the British

Your Lordship that the

responsibility of Government

by

respect of

the Convention, can hardly

1

Any

More

time be rendered

serious than

AAR.

Those already involved in the possession of

This Colony,

The

...

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