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Buildings must necessarily be delayed till they are done.
12. The two principal heads on which remarks and observations might seem to be called for are, no doubt, Education and Police; but as both are in the hands of Commissions lately appointed by His Excellency, I have made only a few remarks on them. As regards the Police, I have had the honor of being examined by the Commissioners, and, at their request, furnished them with a Memorandum on the Subject, embracing such information as it was in my power to give, and offering views generally.
As regards the general expenditure of the Colony, I would, if it was in my power to do so, draw the attention of His Excellency, The Governor, and the Legislative Council, to the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, "Commercial Relations with China"; to the Memorials and Petitions of this Community to the Governor and the House of Commons, presented in 1889; and to the often expressed opinions of Her Majesty's Secretaries of State, and particularly to those expressed in the House by the Noble Lord now at the Head of Her Majesty's Government, viz.: "that Hongkong could not be considered solely as a Commercial Station, but must be viewed with reference to its political bearings on our intercourse with China"; and that it is in consequence of that it is that the Colony has to pay the large sum of over £6210 for ammunition.
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