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unofficial.

concurrence - but I

cannot recall to mind that within

my experience,

within

observation, when an

onlooker, onlooker

from a neighbouring port, that public funds have been wasted in defiance of the unofficial protest. If you begin to tamper with system of Government and to claim popular representation here you open the gate to a vista of troubles. The Chinese must have

the

more

representatives to look into disposal of their taxes or

proposals

become

unjust,

after the

your

and I see

objections which I will not

weary you by enumerating. I would

like to see a

representative in the

Legislative Council of those who, being neither members of the Chamber of Commerce, nor Justices of the Peace,

are specific members of their

class,

and I would be pleased to see one

or

two unofficial members in the Executive Council, but I feel

that

nothing that has happened in the past can justify a petition of the nature of the one, of which, I return the draft.

many

thanks I now