CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843 — Page 209

With Hong Kong, in our hands and-

suffecent garrison

and Naval force

at that frontier, Darush dulure my

oure

my newly for

opension that there is no permanent settlement on the East Coast

and very

Serious

objections to any step of

the kind My intervene with the of the Government has satisfied, that the

this

me

Court will never guild that point, and it

Seems to me as certain that be carins

Monilaine ourselves in such a

a position for

any exlusive commercial purposes against the fissure of the Emperor : silhout such a burden of Military and Naval

as would

comfiel

charge

after leavy sacrifice to confine ounches to the front, where we are well known, and have powerful native connexion both social & Commercial

There is ach the least reason to douth that

an opening

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opening for British Commerce into the wealthy and possiclous harts of China, will be secured with far more promptitude and exentically quite as extensively from Hong Kong as from an uneasy position in much closer neighborhood to them. If the question were but between Hong Kong and

some position on the East Coast, there might in my mind be room for discussion But reflection and experience - have satisfied me aganist all my preconceptions and personal wishes, firstly that Settlement at this point of the Empire is inexpedient; and

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