connexion,
CZ
d when the rate of =
: portunity of asserting their independence
the Chinese is ould
pendence of th
have been promptly met by British
Co-
operation, the Portuguese a silently
acquiesced
a
ruiesced in the hostile preparations of Commissioner Lin against
tions of Co
the persons of the English; and when Capt. Smith made his well-timed attack on the Chinese force at the Barrier wall, a portion of the enemy's troops marched from the town of Macao, at the same time that a principal part of the
by
ships
which over d
proceeded from the (so
de
assailed, called) Portuguese side. The claims, then,
of Macao to independence or neutrality,
hopes from it,
either as an
ally
example,
may
fore;
arrot
here
logy
Det
be considered as disposed of,
There only
now remains (of the data with which I have been
furnished) our own colony of Singapore
every point of
serves to mark it out.
the
uired. It is English;
thing require a
it is not only commercial
commer
Ørre
day
commien cial, but
Depôt-though of hope
to see Hong Kong allart;
and it is peopled largely by Chinese- I trust & expect that the resemblance
may be completed by the rapid,
growth
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growth & prosperity of Hongkong, surpassing
276
deer.
even its prototype. In the Enclosure annexed to this, I have
: densed the opposite heads of Expenditure & Revenue at Singapore into
Boever
a juxtaposition, and turned the amounts into Pounds Sterling.
The Salaries of the Civil heads of departments at Singapore (including the duplex offices of Resident) amount to about 14,000 per annum, which by the experiences of the several establishments, is increased to £21,000. The Company's scale is proverbially
a liberal one. The Expenses
of the judicial department (not including
the Recorder's salary) are nearly balanced by the fees & fines, which
at Ho
ht ber
of revenue
e most duran
ughing. The of criminal
many
I justice will be
most consonant with the habits of the Chinese inhabitants; and for
drag
Carte colet
English subjects, such an Executive officer as the Attorney General (as I mentioned last week) by supplying a public
prosecutor, as well as
Igazetted
the summary
process by information in lieu of
indictment; with greatly strengthen the
Her Majesty's Supreme
trandd
of
ctionary
I specifically mentioned Attorney
atto
ari Attorney qem eh a
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tow for
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