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3. He will understand that in time of war all the resources of his Department must be carefully husbanded, and provision made for possible shortage of labour. If necessary all public works, except those directly bearing upon the defence of the Colony or the extension of its internal resources, must be stopped during the continuance of hostile relations.
4. Strenuous effort must be made to concentrate the available labour
upon those works which are considered by the Government, in consultation with the Naval and Military Authorities, to be of most pressing importance.
5. During the progress of war it is possible that the Director of Public Works will from time to time be called upon at short notice to assist the Royal Engineers with labour or material in the reconstruction or repairing of forts, roads, or other public defence works. Any assistance which he is in a position to give will be rendered by him as promptly and effectively as circumstances permit.
(4.)—Action by Secretary, Sanitary Board.
1. The second of the Proclamations to be issued by the Colonial Secretary calls upon volunteers for sanitary duties to apply at the Sanitary Board Office to receive instructions.
2. It will be the duty of the Secretary of the Board to confer with the Colonial and Military Authorities as to the best means of utilizing the services of such volunteers and the allocation and distribution of the work to be performed by them. He will himself use his best endeavours to draw up a scheme based upon the numbers of volunteers and the nature of the services to be performed.
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(5.)—Action by Harbour Master.
1. He will confer with the senior Naval officer as to the regulation of traffic in and out of the harbour.
2. He will notify the mercantile marine of the position of the examination lines, and the rules appertaining thereto.
3 He will notify the approach of ships communicating with any of the ship signalling stations, and the departure of ships from the harbour to the D.A.Q.M.G., and the examination steamers.
(6.)—Action by Postmaster-General.
The Postmaster-General will arrange for priority of despatch for military letters.
(7.)-Action by Captoin-Superintendent of Police.
1. This officer will have the responsibility of advising the Governor as to the degree of trust to be reposed in the Chinese members of the force. In the event of war with any Power other than China, it is not anticipated that there will be any difficulty in this respect, but, with China as a hostile Power, the Chinese could not be counted on, and the European and Indian police could not be spared for military work. They will be utilized for parolling the portions of the town inhabited by the Chinese,
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