CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 362

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Question 15.

in a

chinese gens

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village and is to cornopolitan, for any danger from that pource. Orduriary care would have taken that requerents & companies ded not get into the hands of families, as happened in India I luleie.

Except in case

was muth Clusia itself

influence of the Chuviers Cor.

the facer and in

rof

relatives & connections living in Clinor

would be

small- and that little

very

could do us us

injury

In case

war with China - there would

course lu desertions and now.

of cau apys, but I

& again

the

am sure the bulk of

force would prove as fouthful as needle. I assume that the men are handled with

a decent

regand

and idiosyncrasies.

to then habets custours.

course of we

we eut

across there and make the men discontented

and angry- anything may follow

Hundly leat firmly treated I should have. of a fluvine Force,

no fear whatever

war wuth Clunia!"

eun

of at

I assume, however, always that there

is in the Colony

a requrient Battery of European troops, and a ship or teed in harbour.

It would be folly to tempt a flumere war with China, to muting

love, in lince of

by putting the place wholly in their pawer.

In warfare with

any quency

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leus fina chumère troops

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