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concurrence in
General Hope Grant's
views
2.
that the Chinese in this colony could
the ne
furnish the
necessary
material for
its defence in the shape of soldiers, I ventured to add that, looking to the loyalty and wealth of the Chinese in Hongkong, Her Majesty's Government might count with confidence
on
obtaining from the local community the whole of the requisite funds, I have
the honour to enclose
use
of-
The number of the male
adult British subjects (not of the Chinese
race) has declined from 342 to 336. The smallness of this number shows the difficulty of forming a very effective volunteer corps in Hongkong. A fair
proportion of the Portuguese race here
would be
willing
to
serve as
Volunteers,
and to constitute a corps of riflemen,
but the want of a naturalization law
in this colony prevents them from volunteering
in its defence.
for
the
Lord Carnarvon's
Defence
AS
some
8 copies.
obtained this
and
year
of
statement....
copies of the Census returns
recently addressed to the Legislative
Council
on the
of the colony.
progress
and population
8 copies.
3.
from
The most important fact
however established by the Census returns and the returns relating to the
transfer of business premises of late years,
is the
growing confidence of the
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