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it is my duty to propose,
find the arrangement it is
with reference to Defence and Military Buildings
no way interfere with His Excellency's
wit in no
Plans.
a
few words a
all necessary
necessary
Defensive District including
Commissariat and Ordnance
supplies and water, and wholly confined in occupation to persons under the restraint
of Military discipline constitutes If at which I consider essentially necessary to possess in the occupation of any bolong
and particularly so
where the population of the Island is composed
of aliens of every variety of religion, truly fortunate there is the
position being so arranged
means
and it is
of this
I have thus briefly described the plan I have to submit for military occupation and
defence, to induce
the
immediately
your
Lordship to procure
houses East of the Ordnance
Store for Military use, and it will be
essentially
necessary if my plan is fully to be acted upon that the indifferent small buildings
which have been erected
(principally of wood) which have
in
they
the position for Bazars should be bought.
we very inconveniently situated for
The
use
of the inhabitants, and are not required for the
may
become resorts to
of the Troops and them from their proximity for
vice in every
I attach a list of the buildings I suppose
it will be
necessary eventually to provide for
Military purposes
Field Officers House commanding Regiment
in
Hongkong
defence
Houses