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Sir I. Michel K. C. B. Commanding in Chins on the subject, and he considered it a good thing to be an Experiment

Armed be

relative to the System I proposed.

My emfide requested that the Coming Roy Argian's

:dence in it is such that I

-proposed Quarters, and

& Offices, ahmer be.

so constructed, as the best test of my

Confidence. The Major General however

proposed

one Soldier Barrack in addition,

as an additional and

special test - all

to

this has been embodied in my reports the Inspector General Royal Engineers relative to the erection of Barrnatis in this Command for daten: 30th Decembe

1861.

In Amelnoim I beg to state that

Enclosure

Marked B

the

apparently implied charges against

me in the P. M. O's observations on the cxcupation scheme for Kowloon have les me into a fuller explanation of my reasons for forming my opinion on the subject.

than

I otherwise women have done, and I also. have to regret that Biz : Gen! Staveley C.B. shoven have sent his report ( and that of

the P. M. U.) to Englans without previondly fully exhausting the onbject out here, ~ agreably to my special request and recommendation; vide copy of letter attacked, (and markid B) so that the critical remarks and explanations aned be side and each have

read sini

by

their due weight in enabling the Anthorities at home to consider the

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