CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 240

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It is advisable that the Offeins 13. shout have home Konwledge of the Chinese Colloquial.

The objection to the employment 14 of Chinese is that they belong to Secret Socities, and the Chinese Authorities on the Mainland can exercise almost complete Control oor Chinate residents at Hory Kery this thin belatives at the Native villages. In the last war with China it was attempted

to poitin the Suropean Community here,

and on another relation themwns an exodus of Chinese furants at the withhare of the Chinese brandarinn to, for the reasons firen in Ausen 14. Chinese woul Sfight better if mixed 16 uf in diall bodies with Europeans

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of 1500 residents, not Chinctation 17 Indians, can be raised to form the

Auxiliary

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Auxiliary force it would be better

to cumplary these alone.

I don't due

Why every aber bodies man under

50 years of age thine daro the comfulled обзема празе

to contribute to the Safety of the Colony

in what he resides

By Jelasing

the volenties on the same

footing as in England but if cowy

male residurt under 50 years of age, except Chinese and Indians, had to four the Militia then would be no need

of a Volemben force.

19 Jes, with suspin training

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I thinte the Chinese Governmen would not obyist known, their

Complete control ove our Chinese residents this thintelater en And,

further, Hongking might be looked

de At a

goodtraining school for

Natives

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