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The three 6-pr. quick-firing guns now at Lyemun to be removed from their present mountings, two to be placed as above, and the third to be moved to Stonecutter's Island.
Summary.
To be provided ..
To be remounted
Six 12-pr. quick-firing guns
6-pr.
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(D.)-Electric Lights.
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For reasons given above, it is considered useless to attempt to do more in lighting areas than is sufficient to detect vessels or boats approaching, and to assist in the examination of vessels.
The Committee therefore recommend that the following electric lights should be established, as shown on annexed plans B and C :-
At Belcher's:
At salient angle of Praya,
marked O
One dispersing 16°; one dis- To light Sulphur Channel and Ex-
persing 30°
One fixed beam able to
search
amination Anchorage.
To detect vessels passing through, and to search water in conjunction with light on Stonecutter's Island.
One fixed beam
To light mine-field as at present.
At south-west corner of】
mine-field
At Stonecutter's Island :—
At spot marked P (the
position of present light)"
One fixed beam One fixed beam
search
able
to
At spot marked Q on
north-west
One dispersing 16°
To light mine-field as at present.
To detect vessels, and to search in connection with Belcher's search- light.
To light front of mine-field.
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To light front of mine-field and to search Channel towards Chung Hui.
The beams between Stonecutter's and Belcher's should be fitted with 16° dispersing lens, if experience proves that a satisfactory light across the channel can thus be obtained.
At Lyemun :- At south-west corner of mine-field at spot marked R At spot marked Sat entrance
to pass
Three dispersing 16°
One fixed beam able to search, and fitted with 16° dis- persing lens
Total electric lights-
At Belcher's
Summary.
To light mine-field and water outside
pass.
To light Examination Anchorage and to search approach between Cape Collinson and Taitoo Island.
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Stonecutter's
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Lyemun
As the areas lit are small and the entrances wide, or only lit from one shore, the Committee consider it essential that the outer beams from Belcher's, Stonecutter's, and Lyemun should be able to search, as above recommended.
(E.)—Heavy Armament.
The Committee consider that as soon as the quick-firing guns are provided all 64-pr. should be removed. The two at Lyemun Central can well be dispensed with, as they are at too great a height, and cover little water. Two of the three at Stonecutter's South Shore Battery it is proposed to
proposed
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