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in any great degree
on the merchants or
may
other persons who are resident upon it?"
had reference
This opinion to the cost of maintaining our Civil Government, how
Much more
In nor
forcibly,
reasoning
There
would
have afflicted
other
to the maintenance
actual Garrison strength.
I find too in the
"Report of the Committee on the Expense of Military Defences in the Colonies" (1860) that Hongkong, although not specifically named in
Serdently
by
Wan Zin 27 April
"
by the context included
amongst
228
the "Military Posts
" in which Garrisons
are
" maintained for objects altogether
" independent
and distinct
of
" from the defence of
the
" particular Countries in which
"They
are situated" and the
Committee were of opinion "That
as these Garrisons are Maintained without reference
to the wants and wishes.
" of the Inhabitants they
" should be dealt with
"Imperially, and not
included in " scheme of
any general
»
Colonial contribution.
Mr Elliot in dissenting
from