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is geographically in the highway of the World's Navies, and
is a port of great strategic value, and it has therefore to
pay a high Insurance against war risks. Business men when
selecting the scene of their operations cannot justly count
up the advantages and ignore the liabilities.
Unfortunately accurate figures are not available from which to form a reliable calculation of the proportion of cost of its Land Defences which is borne by each Colony which relies on the Imperial Government to supply those
Defences. Such as are obtainable are shewn in Table 2. From these it appears that the Straits Settlements and Ceylon pay almost the entire cost, while Hongkong for the only year for which we have accurate figures (1908) paid slightly over
It hardly seems necessary to deal with such arguments as that Hongkong should be released from her obligation to pay any part of the cost of her own defence because she contributes largely to the general trade of the Empire. As well as might the United States claim a subsidy from England on the ground that she contributes £160,000,000 sterling to the trade of the United Kingdom, (as against some 3 or 4 millions from Hongkong). The trade of this Colony is not conducted on altruistic principles, but is carried on with whatever country is likely to most benefit ita merchanta.
A so-called argument of even less worth is that the Colony has 'ceded' so much land for Military purposes that any further claim is preposterous. As well might a private owner who engaged a watchman claim that the guard-house set aside for his accommodation occupied so much valuable space that the idea of paying for his services al prepost- I do not propose to deal with other similar
erous.
arguments'