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while he entirely agrees
with
Colonel Walker that the defences
of Hong Kong
are
Now
wholly
inadequate, he cannot go along
with him
in
the main point;
for he (General Targent) considers
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it essential that the bulk of
" the Troops and of the Military
Establishments should remain in
"Victoria". In common
Excentin Council, I.
with the
I enterely
agree with this opinion of General Sargent,
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m
I referred this question
to
Enclosure
19th March;
1885
to the Colonial Secretary and the Surveyor-General for their joint.
report, of which I annexe a expy.
.
After careful consideration of the subject in all its bearings, I coneur with their sonclusion. They
follows:-
write as
"The project appears to
" have been conceived with great
" care and completeness
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in all
its details; but as it hinges
on-
"the main condition that the Colonial Government shall borrow £500,000 (half a million
sterling