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Military Officers and Civil residents. The new Association will import from the mainland of China and elsewhere, deer, pheasants, partridges and other
game, for
which there is abundant cover in
this island. I propose, with the advice of the Executive Council. and under the provisions of the
enclosed Ordinance, to issue to
on
properly qualified persons lieenees to Kill game, (as in England), the payment of a moderate fre.
I may
observe that the South.
Eastern
of
Eastern portion of the Island Hongkong consists of rugged hills, and is almost entirely without_ inhabitants or cultivation of any
Kind. It is well adapted for
deer Forest, and
for
a
the rearing
and preservation of game of m
various Kinds.
4.
Of
course, proper
regulations will be issued under the powers conferred
the Ordinance; and care will be taken to provide compensation for any possible injury
by the Ordinance ;
to the
Crops
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