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Letter from the Colonial Secretary to the Major-General Commanding, pointing out the necessity of attending to the sanitary condition of thearrison.
Military secretău, Colonial Secretary
No. 276
Victoria, Hongkong,
12th December, 1850.
I have the honor to enclose a letter addressed to Your Excellency by the Colonial Secretary, by the desire of the Honorable the Major-General Commanding in this Colony, upon the sickliness of the Garrison.
The ill health of the Troops has compelled me, during the last five months, to provide Civil Guards for several Posts otherwise furnished by the Military, amongst others the...
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