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(4.)-Action by Harbour Master.
1. The Harbour Master will be prepared to give effect, in concert with the Captain-Superintendent of Police, to any orders that may be issued in pursuance of a Proclamation under the Military Stores (Prohibition of Exportation) Ordinance, 1862, prohibiting the export of arms, ammunition, and gunpowder, provisions or any sort of victual which may be used as food by man.
2. He will, on the application from the officer in charge of transport, furnish that officer with any assistance he may require in chartering extra launches, cargo boats, and water boats required in connection with mobilization.
3. When the Senior Naval Officer informs the Governor that it is necessary to put in force the arrangements for the Examination Service and Regulation of Traffic detailed in Chapter VI (ii), the Harbour Master will be appointed Chief Examining Officer of shipping, to act under the direction of the Commodore in carrying out those arrangements.
4. He will send to the Colonial Secretary for publication in the Gazette announcing his appointment a notification of the position of the examination lines and the rules appertaining thereto.
5. While the Traffic Regulations are in force 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 Commodore. The message will then be transmitted from the Commodore's office to the General Staff Officer.
6. The initial expenditure on account of the Examination Service, estimated at 500 dollars, and the subsequent weekly expenditure, estimated at 2,455 dollars, will be debited to a vote for "War Expenditure," which will be taken in the Legislative Council.
(5.)-Action by Captain-Superintendent of Police.
1. The Captain-Superintendent of Police, in his capacity of Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, will see that members of the prison staff who have volunteered for duty on the military telephones carry out the orders in their possession, and for their places in the gaol to be taken by Indians.
2. He will at once arrange for the engagement of 2,000 coolies for the military authorities, and for their being handed over to the Army Service Corps contractor at the north-east corner of the reclamation ground for distribution under the officer in charge of transport.
3. If China is not hostile he will send 20 European police and 45 Indian police with 5 sergeants or acting sergeants to the General Staff Officer, for employment in connection with defence. If China is hostile it will not be possible to spare these men, who will be required for patrolling the Chinese parts of the town, and for public guards on important public and private buildings.
4. He will arrange for the enrolment of special constables, under the Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886. to take the place of men handed over to the military authorities or specially detailed for preserving order in the event of unrest among the Chinese. In like event he will employ special constables to aid the police in protecting the European families and the property belonging to them.
5. Should the Fire Brigade become short handed he will call for volunteers to supplement it.
6. He will be prepared to give effect, in concert with the Harbour Master, to any orders that may be issued in pursuance of a Proclamation under the Military Stores (Prohibition of Exportation) Ordinance, 1862, prohibiting the export of arms, ammuni- tion, and gunpowder, military and naval stores, provisions or any sort of victual which
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