had been detached from the Garrison often asking to do duty, in Canton.
Again,
it but little accord with the terms of a correspondence which passed between our late Major General & Brigadier General Staveley in which with a view to an increase of the Garrison it was stated that 1636 men were made equal to meet the increased demand for protection & supervision occasioned by the increase of population & the Extension See Enclosure No. 1863
161 of the limits of Hongkong.
The Memorialists insist upon the circumstance that the garrison is principally maintained for the Trade with China which Contributes so much to the Imperial Revenue. Her Majesty's Government admits, it will perhaps be admitted that the larger part of the Garrison in Hongkong is maintained for Imperial Purposes.
Indeed this admission must be made if the Colony is to be justified in looking for ...
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