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conservatism.
their rigid eMoreover it was
generally
the secrecy seeriey
believed, (though of Chinese proceedings renders certainty impossible), that _
this movement of the cargo-
boat-men was organised by
one or more
of
the secret
societies, which are
acquiring great power here and to yield to the resistance prompted by them would have served to increase their power to an extent
which
which would in no
long.
time require
severe
of repression.
11.
a
Imeand
Accordingly I caused
reply prompted by this
view, to be made to the
petition of the boatmen, and a Chinese version of it to
br
posted all over the Colony. While distinotly declining to yield to their
し
pressure, I endeavoured to indicate general, sympathy with them and my
willingness
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