CO129-007 - Sir John Davis - 1844 — Page 87

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and together with : the fortress, and havours.

loud of Malta and Corfu give brigand.

preponderating power

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ice that great Freeport god, which is beos

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ming.

daisymers, and more value in bot inter comise with the

bussure :

Anglo Gebeulter Rasteri boulter is ca

Do Aers Youur valuable commercial, entrepot, at one.

pecced £400,000 worth of wo were exported through Gibralter

As a fortress Gibralter is perfect, it is : preferable.

The revenue of Aid. 2 is fully adequate to its civil Government aved aver upwards of £250,000 fir mges m; the Military expectes incurred by Ganisening Gibralter saves the conttor maintenance.

of a large fleet. the Mediterran of prover, & materialtiff queserves the balance silps to keep the peace of Europe, The

Remarks

licable to Gibralter an alto

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also applicable to Malta and she denian Islands lesh of which stations ne only pay shelling trow whole suit exéperatione, without in ishtarget.

on the Brition chequer but et alde contribute à considerable from an towards & Milita

Military defences, and pustection. of these places are also entrepôts of Both ck large troide British Svery Colony of thes Birch hupice pays for its men Civile Gerement except small nut which are voted annually, in part for the Pahamas Rennusta, the Fattiland Islands Mele. and Helige lands. Put all these places are intrinsically vasecable;

The Bahamas for the geographical position of their harbours, Bermuda as a stic - strong fortress and doch word- in the Western Atlantic; the Fathloud islands for their important position- in the great eat Southern Ocean St. Helena as a sliving 42 station for Cape More; fortress, and reacting bing

neroner