CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 311

309

I

People beset & confronted in Namning

sent carrier g

that

men of pepung travelled recruits,

the increase peopone

in the cost

of the Police Establishment

is so large

that

it makes us feel justified in sanctioning in

whole the draft Estimates

in 1900, f

to which I have referred

in my despatch

of even date, and you

will readily understand that I am anxious to deal with the subject as a whole.

3. There also

is the receipt

of your despatch 177 requesting authority for the approval

of the Harbour Office to take charge

of the Harbour station which is inferred

from your minute to

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309

I

People beset & confronted in Nanning sent carrier g that men of pepung travelled recruits, the increase peopone in the cost of the Police Establishment is so large that it makes us feel justified in sanctioning in whole the draft Estimates in 1900, to which I have referred in my despatch of even date, and you will readily understand that I am anxious to deal with the subject as a whole.

3. There also is the receipt of your despatch 177 requesting authority for the approval of the Harbour Office to take charge of the Harbour station which is inferred from your minute to...