4.
427
of Hongthing
I believe that after that date representations
of the inadequacy of the Garrison
ms were made
from time to time, but it will be sufficient if
I state that at present the population has
increased tie
fold
over the amount above-
quoted, the last Census showing it at 123,000.
while ou
jurisdiction is spread over a larger space, the City of Victoria having been enormously extended, and Kowloon and Stone Cutters Island
added to Honghong by the last Treaty with the Government of China..
To meet the naturally Strength of garrison by last state 1,704
on Command at Canton and Japan-
Prisoners per
increased demand for protection and supervision I find the~
Garrison in the last wee
Return
given
weekly
Sick. 80.
at only 1,636,
5
1.657
1600
including
sick and men of all Corps and ranks. I think the above statement will show
the inadequacy of
the
Garrison
on at the present
time.
It
be will also to note the may-be
following facts connected with the Militar
Garl Guard:
From the Commencement of
the Colony up to the
announcement of the
Rusion War (18th May 1854) a military
Guard was alw
It
was
always furnished to Victoria Gaol.
then, as will be readily understood;
with drawn, but was
November 1856 when.
replaced
on
the
9
an recent troubles with
the Chinese Government began - subsequently
the
Expeditionary Force having been diverted to India, and the small Garrison here recupied not only with the Colony but in the Canton