14
164
15′′
that any movement of air from the land in question to the barracks is comparatively
of
rare occurrence and even
when it does occur is scarcely perseptible.
9.
if there
But even were, as I am confident
any
there could not be, sensible interruption affection of air from houses in the position referred to, it would be only such as
what by far
the
greater part
of the European population of HongKong suffer from
ina
greater degree; and it appears the least, unfair,
to me, to
Say
to maintain such a precaution
On
behalf of the troops, at so
heavy a cost to the health of the other Europeans; and this altogether apart from the serious loss thereby caused to the Revenue of the Colony.
10.
Your Lordship will
observe from the enclosed —
Penclosure correspondence that the
19th June to
of
22 July, 1888.
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