that the better defence of the Colony would be by floating batteries rather than by the forts erected, the forts now being ...
RMU.
Governor.
Date. 1881
No. 3
26 May
Last previous Paper. 18
Ans- No. 98. 10 Aug
Conf. 10
48 & 626)
Hong Kong
No. 12802
(Subject.) DESPATCH.
C. O. 12802
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REGE 10 JUL 81
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Pauperism Reports and mode of dealing with it by Charity Organization Society.
a-o E a Chinese Suggests building a Chinese almshouse
(Minutes.)
Mi Made... Whether such an institution as a Chinese almshouse is desirable or not. I would not allow a penny to be spent on it until the numerous public works now in hand have been finished.
Further, I doubt its desirability. It may lead Chinese to reside in the colony with a view to qualifying for state relief
He uses such phrases in speaking of the cause pursued by the English government as "barbaric policy of brute repression" and "professedly pieces of class legislation."