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in Bermuda multa, and Gibraltar, and not merely the preference of the General to the Colonial Secretary as acting Governor.
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6. In other words, while Hong Kong is expanding as a Colony and a commercial settlement, as opposed to its original phase of being a fortress and a naval base, and is now high in the first rank of the Crown Colonies, it practically suggests that a military administration is best suited for it and it is classed with Gibraltar rather than with Singapore, which is also at once an Imperial Coaling Station and a great Colony.
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Mr Lyttelton thinks that these considerations may not have been present when your letter was written, and he can only reply that he is not prepared to reverse a decision which was recently taken after fully weighing all the circumstances of the case, and which was duly communicated to the War Office, before the present Commander of the Troops at Hong Kong
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Your lette
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in Berauda multa, ana Gibraltar, and not merely
the preference of the General to the Colonial
Secretary as acting Governor.
Yearly
6. In other words while Hong Kong is
expanding as a Colony and a commercial
settlement as opposed to its original phase of
being a fortress and a naval base, and is now
high in the first rank of the Crom Colonies,
Apractically suggests that a military
administration is best suited for it and it is
classed with Gibraltar rather than with
Singapore which is also at once an Imperial
Coaling Station and a great Colony.
7.
Mr Lyttelton thinks that these
considerations may not have been present when
your letter was written, and he can only reply
that he is not prepared to reverse a decision
which was recently taken after fully weighing al
the circumstances of the case, and which
was duly communicated to the War Office,
before the present Commander of the Troops at
Hong ion
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