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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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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
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portion of
the main land opposite about three miles deep by one mile in breadth, which projects
into the centre of.
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Starbour.
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weakness
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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 -
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mere
of police, therefore, the accession is of great importance,
but it is
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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,
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