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have been polite in the

circumstances had the -

War Office given consideration to

some

to Your Lordship's very reasonable suggestion. But far from

seem to

the

doing this they take advantage of Connoil's liberality by having recourse to a

different line of argument to that conveyed at their

dictation in

Your Lordship's LORD

despatch No 8 of the 20th of

January

:

:


Wo

615

January last.

That despatch, as does

the letter from the War

Office of the 14th of July,

"1366" unquestionably refers to what the Garrison in Hongkong

was in 1863; to

the amount of contribution then paid and to the

of the Colony

revenue

that

year,

in

and it then goes on to compare the state

of

things at that period with what exists at present.

period with

But

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4 have been polite in the circumstances had the - War Office given consideration to some to Your Lordship's very reasonable suggestion. But far from seem to the doing this they take advantage of Connoil's liberality by having recourse to a different line of argument to that conveyed at their dictation in Your Lordship's LORD despatch No 8 of the 20th of January : : Wo 615 January last. That despatch, as does the letter from the War Office of the 14th of July, "1366" unquestionably refers to what the Garrison in Hongkong was in 1863; to the amount of contribution then paid and to the of the Colony revenue that year, in and it then goes on to compare the state of things at that period with what exists at present. period with But
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4 have been politie in the circumstances had the - War Office given consideration to some to Your. •Lordship's very reasonable suggestion. But far from seem to the doing this they take advantage of Connoil's liberality by having recourse to a different line of argument to that conveyed at their dictation in Your Lordship's LODD despatch No 8 of the 20th of January : : ساعة Wo 615 January last. That despatch, as does the letter from the War Office of the 14th of July, "1366" unquestionably refers to what the Garrison in Hongkong was in 1863; to the amount of contribution- then paid and to the of the Colony revenice that year, in and it then goes t on to compare the state of things at that period what exists at present. period with But
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have been politie in the

circumstances had the -

War Office given consideration to

some

to Your.

•Lordship's very reasonable suggestion. But far from

seem to

the

doing this they take advantage of Connoil's liberality by having recourse to a

different line of argument to that conveyed at their

dictation in

Your Lordship's LODD

despatch No 8 of the 20th of

January

:

:

ساعة

Wo

615

January last.

That despatch, as does

the letter from the War

Office of the 14th of July,

"1366" unquestionably refers to what the Garrison in Hongkong

was in 1863; to

the amount of contribution- then paid and to the

of the Colony

revenice

that

year,

in

and it then goes t

on to compare the state

of

things at that period what exists at present.

period with

But

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