Colonel Gormant, who had been sent out to Hong Kong among other places to assist in reporting upon its defensive capabilities, has received instructions from Her Majesty's Government to report to the local Committee on Defence.
Lord Kimberley will be glad to learn that Colonel Gormant has arrived in the Colony and took occasion also to report that the Commodore on station has not received instructions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
If they have not already issued instructions to enable the