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facilities for its extension should not be found here, then the Colony will either retrograde or remain stationary.

In case strugong is not, I think, destined to become a great...

& produces nothing for either Export or consumption and is not capable of growing supplies sufficient to feed its inhabitants for one single day.

A Chinese Settlement with a population equal to half that of Canton or even a quarter - say 250,000. The Island has no natural advantages beyond good harbour happily situated at the Southern threshold of the Chinese empire and forming the entrance gate of its sea-board. It has neither, as it were, agriculture nor manufactures.

The population must therefore be fed by supplies and the numbers must, I conceive, be limited to the amount of fixed employment which can at all times be found here. If we could offer the opposite continent unlimited employment which would yield the settler even two meals a day - say of rice and fish with 1/2 a day for tobacco and luxuries, with

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27 facilities for its extension should not be found here, then the Colony will either retrograde or remain stationary. In case strugong is not, I think, destined to become a great... & produces nothing for either Export or consumption and is not capable of growing supplies sufficient to feed its inhabitants for one single day. A Chinese Settlement with a population equal to half that of Canton or even a quarter - say 250,000. The Island has no natural advantages beyond good harbour happily situated at the Southern threshold of the Chinese empire and forming the entrance gate of its sea-board. It has neither, as it were, agriculture nor manufactures. The population must therefore be fed by supplies and the numbers must, I conceive, be limited to the amount of fixed employment which can at all times be found here. If we could offer the opposite continent unlimited employment which would yield the settler even two meals a day - say of rice and fish with 1/2 a day for tobacco and luxuries, with
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26 177 27 facilities for it's extension should not be found here, then the Colony will either retrograde or remain stationary In case strugtong is not I think destined to become a great & produces nothing for either Export or consumption and is not capable of growing supplies sufficient to feed it's inhabitants any for one single day. chinese Settlement with on population equal to half that 7 Canton or ever a quarter- say 250,000. The Island has no natural advantages beyond good harbour happily situated at the Southern threshold of the Chinese humpire and forming the entrance gate of it's sea-board - SE has neither as it were agriculture nor m manufactures. f population Sea brue must therefore be fed by expplies and the numbers must I conceive be limited to the amount of fixed employment which can at all times be found here. If starving myriads of we could offer the the pposite continent unlimited employment which would yield the settler even two meals a - Say of rice and fish with _ /2 a day for tobacco and luxuries, with
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facilities for it's extension should not be found here, then the Colony will either retrograde or remain stationary

In

case strugtong is not I think

destined to become a

great

&

produces nothing for either Export or consumption and is not capable of growing supplies

sufficient to feed it's inhabitants

any

for

one

single day.

chinese Settlement with on population equal to half that

7

Canton or ever a

quarter-

say 250,000. The Island has no natural advantages beyond good harbour happily situated at the Southern threshold of the Chinese humpire and forming the entrance gate of it's sea-board - SE has neither

as

it were

agriculture

nor m

manufactures.

f

population

Sea brue

must therefore be fed by

expplies and the numbers must I conceive be limited to the

amount

of fixed employment which can at all times be found here. If starving myriads of

we could

offer

the

the

pposite

continent unlimited

employment which would yield the settler even two meals a

-

Say

of rice and fish with _ /2 a day for tobacco and luxuries, with

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