CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 232

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Secret and Confidential Auswere

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being a large addition to that at present exciting

the

profurtionate increase in the strength of the gorries.

will have to lie made_ Afs it is presumed that the Imperial Government will not largely increase the force of. 26 European Artillery or Infantry Corse state, as far as you noted the numbery of

in time of peace _ I hand

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Strength of the cuccde meusary to take

arridow.

consider

Lance - Way their place. The aufployment

fantry one European of Clince raised in Hong Kong,

Estillery

(way strong the)

Two batteries.

gineers - Fros companies -

Three compommes Lasears

Two lecateerde one hundred

xiliaries & Fine hundred –

eal

miers & Corpean Rave

or drawn from the same part

of the

camiby aus the inhabi tants of the Island. L.

consider would be Lan- gerous. The employment.

of natives of the Malay

or

uport Native 100 Chinese – Penisula on Archipelago

nsport,

as auxiliary troops would

Hendly terake my ey not be so open to objection. lanatory

remarks

The best material. I knew

boved subject that to form a mucleus for ay occur to yno. quch auxiliary fold would

force