CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 179

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Mia une in which it was enabled to respond to the great and unusual demands which were made upon it for risoney transports, and supplies, without interfering with the ordinary travel operations, showed a marvellous elasticity in the commercial resources of the Colony.

12. The establishment of Kowloon is great boon to this Colony. It is a portion of the main land opposite about three miles deep by one mile in breadth, which projects into the centre of the Harbour.

From the weakness and inability of the Chinese Government and our inability to interfere directly, the place became the resort of thieves, receivers and Pirates, who preyed upon the Shipping in the Harbour and who were amenable to no practical control - a matter of mere police, therefore, the accession is of great importance, but it is still more importance in Military, Sanitary, and Commercial points of view, as it commands the Harbour and Shipping, possesses good sites for building open to the South West monsoon which Victoria is not,

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23 Mia une in which it was enabled to respond to the great and unusual demands which were made upon it for risoney transports, and supplies, without interfering with the ordinary travel operations, showed a marvellous elasticity in the commercial resources of the Colony. 12. The establishment of Kowloon is great boon to this Colony. It is a portion of the main land opposite about three miles deep by one mile in breadth, which projects into the centre of the Harbour. From the weakness and inability of the Chinese Government and our inability to interfere directly, the place became the resort of thieves, receivers and Pirates, who preyed upon the Shipping in the Harbour and who were amenable to no practical control - a matter of mere police, therefore, the accession is of great importance, but it is still more importance in Military, Sanitary, and Commercial points of view, as it commands the Harbour and Shipping, possesses good sites for building open to the South West monsoon which Victoria is not,
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22 23 Mia une in which it was enabled to respond to the great and unusual demands which were made upon it for risoney transports, and supplies, without interfering with the ordinary travel operations, showed a marvellous clasticity in the commercial resources of the Colony. 12. The establishment Milish of Kowloon is jurisdiction over great toon to this Colony. It is h portion of the main land opposite about three miles deep by one mile in breadth, which projects into the centre of. пи Starbour. 4) From the weakness 7 175 the Chinese inability to Government and our interfere directly, the place And become the resort of thieves, resetters and Pirates, who preyed upon the Shipping in the Starbour and who were amenable to no practical control - matter Его и mere of police, therefore, the accession is of great importance, but it is 7 still more importance in Military, Sanitary, and Commercial points of view, as it commands the Starbour and Shipping, possesses good sites for building open to the South West monsoon which Victoria is not, A
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23

Mia une

in which it was

enabled

to respond to the great and unusual demands which were

made upon

it

for risoney

transports, and supplies, without interfering with the ordinary travel operations, showed a marvellous clasticity in the commercial

resources of

the Colony.

12.

The establishment

Milish

of

Kowloon is

jurisdiction

over

great toon to this Colony. It is

h

portion of

the main land opposite about three miles deep by one mile in breadth, which projects

into the centre of.

пи

Starbour.

4)

From the

weakness

7

175

the Chinese

inability to

Government and our interfere directly, the place And become the resort of thieves, resetters and Pirates, who preyed upon the Shipping in the Starbour

and who were amenable to no

practical control -

matter

Его и

mere

of police, therefore, the accession is of great importance,

but it is

7

still more importance in Military, Sanitary, and Commercial points of view, as it commands the Starbour and

Shipping, possesses good sites for building open

to the South West

monsoon which Victoria is not,

A

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