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fcivil population, it had become necessary to raise a lean, which must bezepaid
gradually from the sate and lease of the public lands; and that, under
these circumstances, it would be well...
that the Naval Authorities should be
requested to consider whether a smaller
would be sufficient for
space wo
requiremculo,
3.
their
On several previous occasions,
my despatches
I have pointed out in
to your predecessor) (Lont Derby,) thek-
the dif
difficultice of this kind which now frequently arise here, are due to the
lamentablc-
A
lamentable want.
on
f of foresight shown
the first occupation by
Great
Britain of the island of "Hongkong in
...
1843, and of the Pacinsula of ~. Kowloon in 1861. At those periods,
the land which has now become very
valuable through the rapid increase of trade and population, minhabited, and had practically
wvno
wholly
no
value whatsoever. Auple reserves
should then have been made
te for all Naval and Military purposes, present and prospective. It is fair to add that (as I have also frequenth,
point