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demands.

11.

mity from perther

merce

And the Chamber of forguner in their Felegrams of June 28th 1887.

to the Chancellor

of

the Exchequer

on the subject of the subsidy. proposed for the Canadian Pacipe

line, put (to) the above stipulation

into so

they

arany

had me

subsidy so.

words, stating that

objection to such long as the contribution

of Hongkong lowards be Mail

service wĶA

not increased. This

clearly shows what the Colonial

Vetw

12.

of

the

questions was.

It is urged by the Imperial

Treasury, as a pristification for

kulting

or c

side all

understandings

--

previous

on this subject,

that, in addition to the question of

he aduval loss.

the India and

China Mail Onitract, "it will also

be

to take unto consideration

the

the larger proportions of expenditure

which falls upon the Imperial Government and upon the

Contribu

ibuting Colonies

that the

Australian service is diesevered)

from

the Sudin and China,

Vervice by the establishment of

an inde

dent line

independen

throughout between.

England

and Australia) " (Incloeme is C.D. Despatch 143 of 25th March, 1888).

As for

13.

understand it, the tendency of the above sentence

would seem to be to introducc

ave

entirely

factor

new and undefined

into the question, the

operation of which this Colony,

has

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this

far

reas

as

eve

of checking. But,

are ασιτ

acervved

to the ground

g falls et that Hove

from the fact

not in

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