C.O. 18590
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
C.O. 18590
RECD d
REG 24 OCT 81
321
Governor.
Date.
1881
No.
140
31 Aug
Last previous Paper.
Census Returns
Encloses list of 18 largest ratepayers
of whom 14 are Chinese & one European
(Minutes.)
M. Branston
This is interesting. Put By CPL
25 Oct
It is said that the Chinese intend to get back everything
and the buying of all Properties with the object of ousting
"Foreign devils"
a
Policy which they
are said to be
also pursuing at the Treaty ports - If there were Trouble hereafter with China, ending in war, the presence of this very large Chinese
population, will have done much to affect
the Military position.
7. 26.10
Yes. In future the risk must be prepared for & treated with something like Chinese strictness, the non-Chinese population becoming known to a greater degree under English rules.
26/10
Put od-26
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