4
or elsewhere,
appear from
of the
The Colony, it would
recent Report
the Colonial Defense Committee, has a police force numbering
650 men, of whom 110 are Europeans, 176 Indians,
3110 Chinese; and it seems to have been thought possible.
that the Sun Lascar Force
might
be supplementet by.
Chinese entited
the Colony,
and that a batiation of
such Chinese
might
be formed
there. Colonel Buggeridge, late Commanding Royal Engineer in
¦
sayo
the Report that they
would willingly tatte service
and would
be reliable.
Дание
no
doubl
that they would readily bate
service, but I should be
to see a large force sorry
of Chinese employed in Hong "Kong. They would certainly
not be relied upon if there misunderstanding
were
any
between the Chinese fracemment
and our
awn,
Supposing that
there
are
now
a
many
130,000 Chinese, the number
Governor Bennessy
named
by
trong Kong
eo
1
of opinion,
Rays
4
ал
Reference :-
C.O. 537/202
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