CO129-342 - Governor Lugard & Public Offices - 1907 [11-12] — Page 437

is sufficient, though only barely sufficient for the purpose of

Denying the vulnerable

objectives at

naval base to

the

a

small hostile raiding force. The Committee

added that the total

number

of

nativo

troops should not

a

mte exceed

twice the number

of

д

British at

any

station, & that adherence

to this rule

مند

specially desirable

at Hongkong, when

the Chinese population

is

about

370,

000

and

the

alien white

nadant population

These Arevations wen

Achied 5th Jast

Lest

ind the Committee recommended

& half a Pr. battalion of be with drawn

the garrison of Ceylon

and compelled im

North China, to Relieve the half

ation temporaich detached from the

falion

This

red farring of Hongkong.

undation was appeared b

Ъ

Imperial defence

I accepted in principle of the

Council.

of 3,100 outnumbers

the British nodents. In spite of this,

half of

the

432

British battalion

had been to temporarily

dvirted to North

Chura suice 1903, X

1906

A

Cellar

Z the 17th

4. In January

083

4170

(m.0.1).

bay the letter

in the margin,

noted ins

the Army Council

gave a

definite undertaking

promised that reinforcement of

"the

Hongkong by aurther

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half battalion will

ins

то

Care

ве

defered beyond January

1907:

but in

the

unding

letter now

acknowledgment

The Council only

state

that "the

Athens