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place in the Colony.

I beg however earnestly,

to press upon you

the urgency

of the present state of matters in these regions of sending at least an

additional Regiment, or ordering

one from India,

not only from

the necessity of protecting our general interest, but for those special objects which the growth of Colony itself, - the certain augmentation of its Commercial importance from the great disorganization of the

Chinese Empire,

and the influx

of numberless Chinese, among whom doubtless there will be multitudes

of disorderly persons.

I have the honor to be,

Sir

Your most obedient

humble servant

John Baina.