it's Trade, its Docks; its Harbour
and its facilities for coating, Hongkong
is in.
نا
intrinsically most valuable but to Great Britain it has a pecutive importance. It is the principal naved station in
thise waters and even the largest Iron clads can be refitters there. It is a dépôt sor The traffic in opium upon which the Revenue India largely depends, and it is a Free port greatly resorted to by every nation, and in which the British-born
Chiness are now an
important factor
Cones quently, it becomes Consequently,
Our
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encissary for
prestige in Chime and the Pacific,
and
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and for the protection of our interests everywhere, that Hongkong should be
fortified
in such a manner that its
security should be placed beyond
doubt.
all
The Committee Camol suggest any improvement in the positions of the
Batteries as laid down in the memo:
A
of the Inspector
Prepared in the Ngies of
Emeral of Fortifications
Some changes
have however been made in the armament
and a new
:battery for two mine inch
R.M.L. Guns has been added at
Kombon East. In this Report, the
Committed have first dealt with the
Batteries