CO129-253 - Public Offices & Others - 1891 — Page 238

Nor has the Colony acknowledge permit

Refresid

ib

that it is the duty

as it

Lolony so par

carr

"to provide

" lands and buildings for its garrison ". The Colony has not acknowledge ampssch chaty v hre st been asked to do so

so far

ar Lord

Kunts good is

awal

The only allusion to the subject is in the suggestion contained in para. 15 of the despatch

V30 January 1890

cited in the guapasa.

of

4. 26. of encl. in 10629

DRAFT.

30

236

of the letter unded

acknowledgment and

not only is there no

indication in that

Despatch that

Whe

principle is to be

applied to Hong Kong 168

further than

ао

furnishing an argument in favour of the pristice

of demanding contribution of £4000 o

year

to

The cost

of the farsison, but

in paras. 20 and 22

of that rame Despatch

other

Leag

fiven