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HONG KONG.
Contents.
HONG KONG.
Contents of Colonial Defence Committee Memoranda, Remarks,
and Minutes.
No.
Date.
Subject.
Min.
26.2.86
Defence measures.
Min.
Min.
1.10.86
Blocking of Kellett's Bank.
5.7.87
Blocking of Kellett's Bank,
✪ 13 R.
Min.
2) 35 R.
2.1.88
10.4.88
Defence Scheme, April 1887.—Preparation of Defence Scheme.
25.11.89
Direct cable communication in event of war.
Defence Scheme, 1889.-Strategic conditions-tactical conditions-inadequacy of
garrison-movable armament.
Blocking of Kellett's Bank.
Min.
Min.
42 R.
14.7.90
14.7.90
28.8.90
Proposed Volunteer Force.
3.7.93
23.7.94
9.7.95
25.11.95
2.4.96
Defence Scheme revised to May 1890.-Method of meeting land attacks→→
construction of defence works.
The Volunteer Ordinance, 1893.
Report of Local Joint Naval and Military Committee, April 1894.-Examina-
tion service-minefields-defence against torpedo craft-Q.F. guns-defence lights.
Defence Scheme revised to May 1894.-Land defence-boat mines-sectional
organization-naval assistance-employed infantrymen-volunteers.
Report of Local Joint Naval and Military Committee, July 1895.-Defence
lights-incidence of cost of examination service.
Min.
#89 R.
311
113 R.
122 R.
7138 R.
S82 M.
10.11.96
485 M.
Min.
Min.
6172 R.
10.11.96
18.3.97
1.6.97
30.11.97
Garrison.
Letter of G.O.C. on revision of Defence Scheme, January 1896.-Responsi- bility of G.0.C.-land defence-landing at Sandy Bay-sectional organization- distribution of S.M. personnel-movable armament - electric communication-boat mines.
Report on Volunteers, April 1896.-Strength and organization-coolie draught
for mountain guns-volunteer reserve.
Extension of Boundaries.
139 M.
157 M.
3,156 M.
28.4.98
9.11.98
15.11.98
172 M. 19.1.99
218 R. 20.6.99
193 M.
8.9.99
Garrison and Boundaries.
Defence Scheme revised to June 1897.-Construction of road between Wan- Chai and Wong-nei-Chong Gaps-road round High West-strategic conditions-- destruction of cables-protection of dock gates-pattern of small arm of Colonial forces sectional organization for R.E.-siting and manning of howitzers—submarine mining organization-reserve of small arm ammunition-regulation of harbour traffic.
Extension of Boundaries.--Sphere of influence.
Electric Lights and Sectional Organization.
Report on Volunteers, April 1898.-Employment of coolies-pattern of carbine-
annual camps.
Boundaries and Defence of New Territory.-Proposal to raise native military
police.
Defence Scheme revised to December 1898.-Defence against landing on south side of Island-Gap Rock Island-neutrality of lighthouses-electrical communica- tions-reserve of stores—naval guard-boat for Kellett Island-traffic regulations.
Armament of Volunteer Corps.-Pattern of mountain gun-conversion of 45-inch
Maxims.
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