the Military Contribution
It being a term hit in upon paid to the
War Dept;
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Archive dept los when assented
That the Lord of the Admiralty
should send out or
detach one Gunboat in consideration of that payment, from the Hongkong
Naval Command's place
under
it
the command
of the Governor.
That the Gunboat so
sent should be at the Governor's
disposal
and should be
under the
kept on
station at
Hongkong
for
the
keeping
of order within Hongkong
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That if
the Admiral requires
the Gunboat for
operations beyond the
Colonial Jurisdiction, he should make requisition to the Governor In Council
who will be placed under general instructions to accede to such
a
request unless
in his opinion
there is
no justification
+ necessity for the
presence of the Gunboat then within the limits of the Colony.