CO129-084 - War Office & Others - 1861 — Page 38

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

Of the three instances that I might take steps to guard against the recurrence of these improprieties, I was informed on 14 March. In the reply to yours (N=1626, N=1426), a case is instanced which occurred last spring, & which having been at the time the source of an official correspondence (12th March) cannot be held to be one of the three alluded to.

The case of the 44th Regt was this; that the Regt was more than 1000 strong, but there was only barrack accommodation for 600; the extra 400 consequently never landed in Hong Kong, but went straight to Kowloon, then under civil jurisdiction.

As regards the statement that when Kowloon was handed over to H.M. Govt., the Military Authorities did not ask permission to remain in the temporary Barracks that they had built; this must...

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Of the three instances that I might take steps to guard against the recurrence of these improprieties, I was informed on 14 March. In the reply to yours (N=1626, N=1426), a case is instanced which occurred last spring, & which having been at the time the source of an official correspondence (12th March) cannot be held to be one of the three alluded to.The case of the 44th Regt was this; that the Regt was more than 1000 strong, but there was only barrack accommodation for 600; the extra 400 consequently never landed in Hong Kong, but went straight to Kowloon, then under civil jurisdiction.As regards the statement that when Kowloon was handed over to H.M. Govt., the Military Authorities did not ask permission to remain in the temporary Barracks that they had built; this must...
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