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be raised up to about 20,000 men at
£1-10-0 to £2,000 a month each,
about 2 ... their food consisting of cooked rice and 8 oz of dried fish a day for each man.
Near Hongkong, the mainland China is intersected by numerous branches of the sea and river (Canton River). There are 13 ferry steam launches and 27 private launches in the Colony, averaging 8 knots an hour speed, and about 50 feet in length.
(signed) W. M. Deane
Captain Superintendent of Police
11th February 1890
Report by Dt. H...
REGP 27 AUG 80
In addition to the above given details
which I consider correct, I wish to point out that the nature of the country, especially in South China, precludes the use of the animals mentioned in the tables within and makes the use of carts or any kind of wheeled vehicles next to impossible. On the other hand, coolies can be engaged at the rates stated by Captain Deane to an unlimited extent. In most parts of South China, there are neither roads nor bridges but bridlepaths and rough substitutes for bridges wherever the country is