and (2) that can if this Opinion should be erroneous I quote asked is the reverse of moderate.
And lastly I find for Select Committee of the House of Commons on Colonies Report "Colonial Military Expenditure (1861)" Military have included Hongkong "in the class of Military 'Garrison, External Stations, Convict Establishments, maintained chiefly from objects of Imperial policy' and 'responsible for the main cost of the defence of Hongkong which purpose devolves on the Imperial Government."
Expenditure 1881 - £23,230
But while I have not thought Hongkong should be called upon for the contribution demanded, there is an expenditure borne at present by the Imperial Government which is unquestionably for Colonial purposes, and which I have always intended to recommend should be assumed by the Colony as soon as it is in a position to do so.
I allude to the Police of the Hongkong Harbour and the Approaches to them. It is a duty which...