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year although no ad- dition to the garrison has yet been made. that demand in
in the Colony, to be unfiret,
and this Association cannot but sym. -pathine in the the feeling. Not only does it involve departure from what was held, on one side at beart, to be a district understanding; out it seems to misolve. The Assertion of a principle which the Colony news with grave appréhension.
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free port. It has a
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latation has been nearly reached.
this Association is and are that the contribution demander represents still only a fourth of the lost the garrison; but it is submitted that this pro- Portion fully equals the relative cimportance of
local and Imperial
Imperial interests For Haughing is
not only a commercial entrepôt : it is an
ortant Coaling station and base of operatin wap.
fleat, which funds there dock yard and for
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strategic centre from which to extend protection, in care of need, to our trade with China and Japan:
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