Ships - partially armed - laying at anchor off the Town; and the Harbour being the head quarters of the sporting world, a large Naval Station,
And
... Mellan ... having ... a ... Dock ... likely ... The c ... 16. 216
Her Majesty's Troops are stationed in England... I imagine because Hongkong's share in the foreign trade of China is estimated at some 30 Millions Sterling; because this trade is carried on mostly in British vessels from ... in China, at ... Open ... Ports ... such as ... which have ... live ... and Docks, it is not ... to be totally denuded of Men of war.
These considerations enable me confidently to assert that the presence of H.M. Troops in Hongkong is not creeping for the security of its European Inhabitants, or for the protection of British interests.
1 Colonial ... British Settlements and British Subjects for whom we claim Exemption from territorial Jurisdiction; because in the management of this vast trade, and