CO129-222 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [7-10] — Page 54

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observe, meets the exaggerated

made, are having

having my

most careful

that occasionally

attention; and do not think

anything has been omitted within

the

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at meand

- my disposal.

the-

The attitude of the

people is, on the whole, that of great calmness. Hongkong has so

often enjoyed immunity, when its -neighbours have been suffering,

easy

to

that it would not be convince the inhabitants that the

present sickness is of anything but a temporary character. The public press, too, I am glad to ~

observe

arise with

rumours

unhesitating contradiction; while the manifest desire of the Government

to give every information and to conceal nothing, has not been without its influence in preventing

any approach to unreasonable fear. I have been questioned

6.

by

various Consuls as to the state

of the public health, and I have withheld from them no

information which the Government possesses.

have also urged upon them the

desirabilitu

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