CO129-119 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 19

Office

17

!

that the bring of a European Regiment

(still supplemented by

Native Troops)

1

Hougkong

Wo. 2876

Governor Sir Richard MacDonnell

CB

should

be

stationed

at

Canton (or Whampoa, as an alternative)

or

at

Sting Sing (or elsewhere near Hong Kong)

In that case

the

other

wing

would

be

stationed either at

Singapore

or in Japan, and

thus

made

available for service at

1800

or

on

occasions

of emergency.

I have

the honour

to be

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Edward St. John Neale

E. Nugent.

When this question of Military contribution was

under

Consideration,

it was

contemplated

that

a

Force

retained at Hong Kong

should

be

1000 men

excluding Artillery.

Whether this

number

would be

sufficient

was

a matter

for

consideration.

Cancelled

Sin

26 March /66

I transmit

copy of

a letter from

the War Office,

enclosing

one from the

70th

on

the subject of the number

of Troops required for

the protection of British

Interests in China

and

Japan.

4

requesting

to be informed

of the

Amount

&

the Force which it is necessary

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