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the Colonial Office, or sent from.
this Colony
14.
My assent
was
given
in the Executive Council, and the
procudings
were
the Council Book.
15.
duly recorded in
In conclusion, I would only repeat that all competent. judges are agreed that to obstruct the creation, under proper regulations, by the chief local capitalists and mercantile Firms, of the necessary Fiere and Wharves in front of their warehouses, would be to obstruct
the
the vast and growing trade of HongKong, in which Merchants, shareholders in Banks and Trading Companies, and large numbers of other persons resident not only in the Colony but also in the United. Kingdom, have a great stake. In fast, Hongkong, already
one
as is well known, is
of the chief Marts of Shipping in the British Empire; and
any practical obstruction to trade here would be felt not only in China, but also at Bombay and __ Calcutta, at Liverpool and London.
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