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Marginal Remarks by Vice- Admiral Sir James Hope on portions of Despatch, No 40 of 26th March 1861, from Governor Dir Hercules Robinson to His Grace The Duke of Newcastle

ulative positions of

Stanley

and Kowloon,

shrafe (402)

"Concurring in what is here stated as a

general principle I am yet of opinion that the defence of the Harbor can be adequately provided for without placing a Battery on the point I, and therefore that if the Military Canton = 4 ment is placed to the back as proposed by the

the Governor,

the

=

point named should be given up for commercial purposes

which it would be

very

valuable"

ב

"If the Military. Cantonment is placed to the back, this

site or rather

one

parallel to it, but in the rear of the coal wharf should be accepted for the Naval Hospital- if otherwise, it should be included in the elbilitary bantonment, that pointed out for Military Hospital by the Governor should be reserved for the Navy"

"This is certainly the case"

"Refer to chart of Hongkong"