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hostile relations between France
which no
and China and of which proximate solution is yet, apparent, is another circumstance which has to be taken inton
account.
9.
The Governor has_ recently been informed byn Telegram from Your Lordship that certain urgently required defense works are to be immediately commenced, the expense of which the Colonial Government is instructed to
advance
advance. Until the despatch
onveying Your Lordship's detailed instructions has been received, it is impossible to know what the total amount is that the Colonial Government is expected to contribute, but Your Lordship. will be able to gather from the information which I have now the honour to forward, that the finances are not at the present moment in a very flourishing
condition, and I think that a
One million loan of $1,000,000 is as
much
they
as
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