Hongkong
Confidential
15 September
We Bref farmery
The Earl of Carnarvon
Suggesting that Labuan should be constituted
Convict Settlement under the government of Hongkong
Confidential
Conf
Hong Kong
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Governor Hennessy
Hennessy
C.M.G.
Cul
X
MINUTE.
Mr. Lucas 24 Nov.
Mr. Bramston. 26 Nov.
Mr. Malcolm.
Mr. Meade
Mr. Herbert, 2
Mr. Lowther.
29
+ Lord Carnarvon 30
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This despatch to be filed
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but principally
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account
"the great distance intervening
compared with the distance
of Labuan from the Straits Settlements
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30. Nov. 72
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
Confidential despatch of
the 15th September.
7. On the question of
the advisability of establishing
a system of transportation
from Hong Kong to Labuan, I have addressed you
in another despatch, and
have nothing to add
that
3. The proposal to convert
Labuan into a
dependency of Hong Kong for various
reasons, cannot be entertained
but feel bound to state