CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 267

Defence of Honghong, apart from Torpedo work_ d'ennet beg to refrain from sending Auswers as I do not feel position to ansiver them satisfactorily. The small Auvant of experience gained by being

row

a year of

a

the station nould I think be

ro value to the Committee, and I

of a

have no Soldier-

knowledge whatever Chinese

I renting to think there should be at least one Fort with Heavy guns, where the base

of

the Torpedo defences should be

Thanking the Committe for laking

into their confidence

to the

I beg to remain

Bre

Your Obederal - Servant

Charles Grey Robison

Tapeor disation aut

Secul- & Confidential Committer

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to the list of questions

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tender would

of a speculative Than of a practical or pearful kind.

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