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TO THE
COURT OF DIRECTORS
OF THE
HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY,
AND TO THE
SELECT COMMITTEE
FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR AFFAIRS IN CHINA,
UNDER WHOSE PATRONAGE, AND BY WHOSE LIBERALITY,
THE FOLLOWING WORK IS PRINTED.
IT IS NOW MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
BY THEIR MUCH OBLIGED,
AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR
BATAVIA
July 29th. 1831.
