CO129-325 - Public Offices & Others - 1904 — Page 303

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from Hong Kong. The Army Council will probably agree on reconsideration that to speak of the strategic value of Hong Kong as a Naval base as being "the chief purpose of its retention" is to ignore commercial and political factors of the first importance.

3. Hong Kong has for years past been reputed to be the third port in the empire and the volume of its trade is steadily growing every year. The magnitude of the commercial interests of the Colony may be gauged from the fact that in 1902 - the last year for which figures are available - the burden of the shipping entered at the port amounted to close on ten million tons.

4. Politically the Colony is the centre of British influence in China and its importance in this respect has been recognised by the creation of a highly organised Civil Service, specially recruited in the United Kingdom to conduct the Administration. The necessity of

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301 from Hong Kong. The Army Council will probably agree on reconsideration that to speak of the strategic value of Hong Kong as a Naval base as being "the chief purpose of its retention" is to ignore commercial and political factors of the first importance. 3. Hong Kong has for years past been reputed to be the third port in the empire and the volume of its trade is steadily growing every year. The magnitude of the commercial interests of the Colony may be gauged from the fact that in 1902 - the last year for which figures are available - the burden of the shipping entered at the port amounted to close on ten million tons. 4. Politically the Colony is the centre of British influence in China and its importance in this respect has been recognised by the creation of a highly organised Civil Service, specially recruited in the United Kingdom to conduct the Administration. The necessity of

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301 from Hong Kong. The Army Council will probably agree on reconsideration that to speak of the strategic value of HongKong as a Naval base as being "the chief purpose of its reten- tion" is to ignore commercial and political factors of the first importance. 3. Hong Kong has for years past been reputed to be the third port in the empire and the volume of its trade is steadily growing every year. The magnitude of the commercial interests of the Colony may be gauged from the fact that in 1902- the last year for which figures are available- the burden of the shipping entered at the port amounted to close on ten million tons. 4. Politically the Colony is the centre of British influence in China and its importance in this respect has been recornised by the creation of a highly organised Civil Service, specially recruited in the United Kingdom to conduct the Administration. The necessity of

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from Hong Kong. The Army Council will probably

agree on reconsideration that to speak of

the strategic value of HongKong as a Naval

base as being "the chief purpose of its reten-

tion" is to ignore commercial and political

factors of the first importance.

3. Hong Kong has for years past been

reputed to be the third port in the empire

and the volume of its trade is steadily

growing every year. The magnitude of the

commercial interests of the Colony may be

gauged from the fact that in 1902- the last

year for which figures are available- the

burden of the shipping entered at the port

amounted to close on ten million tons.

Politically the Colony is the

centre of British influence in China and its

importance in this respect has been recornised

by the creation of a highly organised Civil

Service, specially recruited in the United

Kingdom to conduct the Administration.

The

necessity of

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