5064 Nong trong
1
in applying for
Cam... maresine of the
the
Jamison. They say that the Police, not soldiers, should guard Convicts, and that almost all the
rewards it. Cause such hard work
to the troops, are for exciting
civil purposes.
a...
Without being convinced
such as
the content
that the wealthy merchants of H.K. would prefer to see the troops withdrawn, rather than pay a
Contribution toward their cost. I think there are peculiar circumstances there, which could render the place more unsafe, when without troops, than might at first sight be supposed; the usual presence of men-of-war, presence of a fleet of European Merchant-ships, etc. It is also evident that there must be a certain force at H.K. capable of being rapidly moved to Canton for the protection of our trade & traders and, I confess, I should be disposed to allow the Hong Kongites to enjoy
the very dental benefit of its presence... without, of course, calling on them for Contribution. If the views of the H.K. Committee and there would be no demand in Parliament, I think, for such contribution.
Shir
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un
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Piracy
The abating of the nuisance & scandal of Piracy in the neighboring waters seems to be an
object
of great interest & importance, and deserving of every encouragement. To find booty would cost
The Colony about £10,000 a year. (J. 19.
256
Sir Hercules Robinson states
that the calculations, on which it
has been
assumed
that the Revenue
of Hong Kong, (as shown in letter
to him from this Office of the
25th
April), can
bear a
Charge
of £20,000 per annum for Military protection, are altogether "fallacious".
In that letter the Revenue
for 1869 was put down £118,512.
at
That amount, as
indeed all the calculations were, was
adopted
from
Sir Hercules Robinson's
own