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the location of
the Military
tinted red in map.
is in
every respect
as
good, and in
many
particulars for better
than that selected by
the
Military member of the Committee
while it will not render the
Peninsula
nor
the other will,
altogether valueless to Commerce.
I have reason to think
that Admiral Jones, who has
given
a great deal of consideration to the subject,
would, if applied to, give
a similar opinion.
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Map s. 1.
443
I know that Captain Borlase, the naval member
of
the Committee, (although he has confined himself
in
the Report merely to a
statement
of
Naval wants)
concurs in the opinion I have
expressed, and I know that the present as well as late Commanding officers at Kowloon, who have had ample opportunities of forming sound opinions, hold the
same views.
The medical men also