The Commandant is always anxious to carry out the wishes expressed by the Governor, the Commander-in-Chief, but in the case of the Artillery occasionally firing blank ammunition on the Garrison Parade Ground in the regular course of this drill, he does not think he is authorized to suspend it.
N2374.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong, Jr 18th 48.
In reply to your communication of the 17th instant. The Governor requested by the Colonel Commandant to correct the misapprehension under which you appear to labor.
In you express an important anxiety lest any part of their instructions which would in any measure impair their efficiency.
I have to state (signed) A. Kennedy Gore,
Colonel Commandant.
(A true Copy)
H.Gardiner,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Suspension of the least part of the training necessary for the instruction of the Artillery. His Excellency hopes that the ordinary drill of that branch of the service might be efficiently conducted without interfering as at present in a very material degree.
The Honorable,
Colonel Know Good,
Commandant of the Garrison.