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Hongkong 12th February 1880
In reply to your
letter of the
24. ult., I have the honour to submit the following observations
the
subject to which it called my at-
Caution.
In the first place,
I would
AL.
mark that it appears to me that Hongkong, from a military point
of vein, should be included in the same category
as Malta. It is
a
small island without territory and
has only
population, which its
Excudingly favourable commercial position, its bring
and
a naval station.
being occupied by a garrison, have attracted to it and support. The position of the island on the boast of lehina, gives the nation,
Colonel Stuart R.E.
bhairman of the bommittee
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possessing
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