CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 192

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: other ships of war. It has frequently been shown, moreover, that Hongkong commands our trade routes in the East; that shipping to the amount of nearly four millions of tonnage yearly enters this port, and that it

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a very remarkable fact that the tonnage of the shipping which now enters the Port of Hongkong is nearly equal to the tonnage of the shipping which entered the Port of London in 1837, (the year of the accession of Queen Victoria), at a period five years previous to the British occupation of this island, and when it was uninhabited except by a few Chinese Pirates and Fishermen

is of paramount importance not to suffer any nation or possible confederacy of nations, to destroy or lessen the prestige and influence of Great Britain with China and Japan, those rich and vast countries which have, in all human probability, a great future before them in the history of the World

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,

5. Bowen

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16 189 17 : other ships of war. It has frequently been shown, moreover, that Hongkong commands our trade routes in the East; that shipping to the amount of nearly four millions of tonnage yearly enters this port, and that it 米 * It is a very remarkable fact that the tonnage of the shipping which now enters the Port of Hongkong is nearly equal to the tonnage of the shipping which entered the Port of London in 1837, (the year of the accession of Queen Victoria), at a period five years previous to the British occupation of this island, and when it was uninhabited except by a few Chinese Pirates and Fishermen is of paramount importance not to suffer any nation or possible confederacy of nations, to destroy or lessen the prestige and influence of Great Britain with China and Japan, those rich and vast countries which have, in all human probability, a great future before them in the history of the World I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, 5. Bowen

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16 189 17 : other ships of war. It has frequently been shown, moreover, that Hongkong commands our trade routes in the East; that shipping to the amount of nearly four millions of tonnage yearly enters this port," and that it 米 * It is is a very remar. remarkable fact that the tornage of the shipping which now enters the Port of Hongkong is nearly equal to the tommage of the shipping which entered the Port of London in 1837, (the year of the accession of Queen Victoria), at a period five years previous to the British occupation of this island, and when it was uninhabited except by a few Chinese Pirates and Fishermen is of paramount importance not to suffer any nation or possible confederacy of nations, to destroy or lessen the prestige and influence of Great Britain with China and Japan, those rich and vast countries which have, in all human probability; a great future before them in the history of the World I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, 5. Bowen

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: other ships of war. It has frequently been shown, moreover, that Hongkong

commands our trade routes in the

East; that shipping to the amount of nearly four millions of tonnage

yearly enters this port," and that it

米

* It is

a very remar.

remarkable fact that the tornage of the shipping which now enters the

Port of Hongkong is nearly equal to the tommage of the shipping which entered the Port of London in 1837, (the year of the accession of Queen Victoria), at a period five years previous to the British occupation of this island, and when it was

uninhabited except by a few Chinese Pirates and

Fishermen

is of paramount importance not to suffer any nation or possible confederacy of nations, to destroy

or lessen the prestige

and influence of Great Britain with China and Japan, those rich and vast countries which have, in all human

probability; a great future before them in the history of the World

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

5. Bowen

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