CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 365

Ansuers to questions put by the

Scat l'ommittee

N°1. I could be in foon of

muned

force. say half- Malays Sikhs

.02

Chorkas - and half churise the

latter should be recrinted in one

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the Northern Provences Shantung

chule - I muld have no

Southern chinis - except perhales

au a

two companies of Hakhas

but I would not recoumend

many of these -

t. 2. The solchinly qualities of Sikhs

and Ghoorkas established 50

Jor

me

aut sa O

there is no

well

necessity

to enter upon thens the

chawback to employing them would be the expense as compared with Malays chine - The Malays

ar

www

love the Commissive knows. been tested in the late cerpes. known as the Ceylon Rifles althigh

ignorant of the reason why

disbanded-

AMA

that Corps was

ettalay are courageous and attach Themselur to Eumpecans, especially

Englishmen -

Southern chinae I think would be