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of orderly conduct for disorderly neighbours,
all the expense of
crushing
the settlement
should fall not on the Colonial
but
on the Imperial Government.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord Duke,
your
Grace's, Most obedient Servants,
Rennell Gill Robinson
The Governor has been already told that no part of the Kowloon Peninsula is to be granted for Colonial purposes.
Die 7. Rogers.
At 5.60
Correspondence until the wants of the Imperial
Government have been
:
To
The
Council
This draft:
in the first instance
to Mr. Portal
Copy to War Office
and Ramsay – and
on to the Foreign Office when he returns.
}
Mr. Inner
a representation
to the Admiralty Office –
the first step.
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of course it is desirable to them to make the best account for the
Expenditure that is to say of the Colony – Trade
with the assistance of the
the prior
are
2
The instructions of the
pretty much identical.
could be both shared by reserving
it is impossible for Imperial purposes without injuring
the interests of those who have an interest in developing the Colony.
Certainly But it is still more evident that the peninsula is acquired by the influence & sacrifice at the expense of the
the spin which will arise – On Value which will
personally reflect,
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rather than
a certain
is a select few who gain financially (in Military, Fringe) more than in the profits arising from the development of what was formerly Colonial land. A certain time It is as it is not till forgotten that that.