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of the 10th ofollay ultime, are ultimally
carried out in practice.
کو
by the few
It is generally urged here
Civil British residents, (who
docnot exceed eight hundred (800) in
number, including
wen, wonten
and children), that the position of HongKong is analogous to that of m Gibraltar, and that this important Station, and
Naval and Military great Emporium of British trade, is maintained chiefly for Imperial. and not for loal objeck. It is further pointed out that the hoads of the leading
commercial houses and
other
other principal
amount
owners
of the vast of shipping and other property,
which it is proposed to protect, are,
for the most part, persons resident in England and not at Hongkong. In
there is no
fast, there
British
is felt
no permanent
here; and it. population hare;
that there is uo
analogy--
between this Imperial Station, with
its local revere
of little ucore than two hundred thoreaud pounds (£200,000)
the one hand, and, on the other
hand, the great self-governing Colonies
in Australasia and Canada,
with their large, permanent,
and
fast