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House,
Government brome Stongkong, 13th June, 1878.
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The question I took the liberty of
itting for your consideration in my
ch
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ct of the 24th of May _ the formation
inere Corps in this Colony -
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Hicks Beach, B5, M. P.
pui Secretary of State for the Colonies,
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to have already, to some extent, engaged
the attention
of
General Donovan. Soon
after his arrival in talking about the inadequate force at his disposal for the complete defence of tong kong he said
a
trustworthy local corps would be of great practical value in working the
Gans.
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I find that Colonel Basans
who has had four years experience of
the Chinese in this Colony, entertains a high opinion of their soldierlike qualities,
He thinks the chinese we could recruit native regiments
in Hongkong
would
joun
more temperate, docile, and amenable
to stricter discipline than
other
any
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