CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4] — Page 54

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olbarsh the approval of Her Majesty's Government of the steps which were taken by him, during my temporary absence, in view of the disturbances at Canton in last September.

3.

The despatch under "In his reply continues as follows:- (M: Marsh's despatch of the 25th September, it is stated that not one of the present Police Stations in the Colony is capable of being successfully defended: if no great expense is involved, it might be well for the Surveyor-General, when examining their construction from a sanitary point of view, to consider whether they could not, at the same time, be made more defensible."

4.

I had already anticipated Your Lordships' suggestion in this matter. The Police Stations generally, and especially those in the villages on the island, and on the peninsula of Kowloon, remote from all support, and constantly liable to attack by armed bands of Chinese smugglers and pirates from the mainland, ought from the beginning to have been built on the model

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52 olbarsh the approval of Her Majesty's Government of the steps which were taken by him, during my temporary absence, in view of the disturbances at Canton in last September. 3. The despatch under "In his reply continues as follows:- (M: Marsh's despatch of the 25th September, it is stated that not one of the present Police Stations in the Colony is capable of being successfully defended: if no great expense is involved, it might be well for the Surveyor-General, when examining their construction from a sanitary point of view, to consider whether they could not, at the same time, be made more defensible." 4. I had already anticipated Your Lordships' suggestion in this matter. The Police Stations generally, and especially those in the villages on the island, and on the peninsula of Kowloon, remote from all support, and constantly liable to attack by armed bands of Chinese smugglers and pirates from the mainland, ought from the beginning to have been built on the model
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52 olbarsh the approval of Her Majesty's Government of the stepe which were teken by him, during my temporary__ absence, in view of the disturbances at Canton in last September. 3. The despatch under "In his reply cont continues as follows:- (M: Marsh's despatch of the 25th_ d'eptember, it is stated that not one of the present Police Stations in the Colony is capable of being successfully defended: if no great expense is. "involved, it might be well be well for the Surveyor-General, when examining their A "their construction from a sanitary point of view, to consider whether # they could not, at the same time, be made more 4. defensible." I had already anticipated Your Lordships suggestion in this matter. The Police Stations generally, those in the villages in and especially - the island, and on the peninsula of Kowloon, remote from all support, and constantly liable to attack by armed -bands of Chinese smugglers and Virates from the mainland, ought from the beginning to have been built on the model
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olbarsh the approval of Her Majesty's Government of the stepe which were teken by him, during my temporary__ absence, in view of the disturbances at Canton in last September.

3.

The despatch under

"In his

reply cont

continues as follows:- (M: Marsh's despatch of the 25th_ d'eptember, it is stated that not one of the present Police Stations in the Colony is capable of being successfully defended: if no great expense is. "involved, it might be well

be well for the

Surveyor-General, when examining

their

A

"their construction from a sanitary

point of view, to consider whether

#

they could not, at the same time,

be made more

4.

defensible."

I had already anticipated

Your Lordships suggestion in this matter. The Police Stations generally,

those in the villages in

and especially

- the island, and on the peninsula of Kowloon, remote from all support, and

constantly liable to attack by armed -bands of Chinese smugglers and Virates from the mainland, ought from the beginning

to have been built on the

model

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