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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

4

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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