CO129-119 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 117

with the

view

of.

placing the Wing of

Q.

European regiment

it

at Galle, which will

9830 involve the construction

of

Barracks

the necessary at that Post-Considering

on the

one

hand

the additional security

which will

be

given

to the Colony by

increase of force,

this

and

the

vital advantage

which Ceylon

will

derive from the

efficient protection of

the Harbor of Galle,

and

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115

and on)

the other hand

the unquestionable importance

of

that

Harbor to Imperial

interests as

connected

with

Indian traffic,

the rate

of

and

Military Contribution

suggested by

the

Commission, which,

I

am

aware is much

that

in excess of

what has hitherto been demanded

from any Colony,

Her Majesty's Government

do not think

it necessary

to make

this

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