or elsewhere,
The Colony, it would
recent Report
appear from
of the Colonial Defence Committee,
has a
police force numbering 650
men, of whom 110 are Europeans, 176 Indians, and 3110 Chinese; and it seems to have been thought possible. that the Sun Insear Force
might
be supplemented by Chinese enlisted in the Colony,
and that a
such Chinese
batiation
might
of
be formed
there. Colonel baggeridge, late Commanding Rayal lageneis in
says the Report that they would willingly tate service
and would
be reliable.
Дание
no
doubt
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that they would readily take 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
were
any
misunderstanding
between the Chinese fracemment
and our
Supposing that
there
are
now
a
many
at
130,000 Chinese, the number
named
by
Governor Hennessy
Hong Kong
со
1
of opinion,
Rays
ал
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