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He will be prepared to give effect to any Proclamation that may
be issued under the Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, in the matter of dispersing riotous assemblies, preventing the possession or carriage of arms, and dealing with unlawful combinations to stop trade.
He will be prepared to give effect to any order that may be issued in pursuance of the Proclamation of the Order in Council of the 26th October, 1896, with regard to :-
(i.) The deportation of aliens or undesirable persons.
(ii) The enforcement of labour.
(in.) The acquisition for Government purposes of means of transport, buildings, supplies, &c.
(iv.) The regulation of food prices.
(v.) The control of the trade in beer, wine, and spirits.
7. He will provide for watching the reservoirs at Pokfulum, Aberdeen, and Tytam against damage by ill-disposed persons at night, and will maintain a close supervision over the civil population in Stanley and Aberdeen.
8. He will arrange for an observation post to be established from the police station at Sai Kung on the Ma On Shan Ridge to watch for and report to the Central Station, the presence of any unknown vessels in Mirs Bay or Tolo Harbour.
9. He will arrange for the shores of the New Territories outside the harbour and for the islands to be watched by the three police launches.
10. He will give orders to all police stations for reports to be made to the Central station of any movements of ships of war or of suspicious vessels outside the harbour, and of any landing, or attempted landing, by armed parties.
11. He will give orders for the police in the New Territories to keep a watch at the points where roads cross into Chinese territory between the heads of Deep Bay and Starling Inlet, and to report persons constantly passing to and fro whose business is unknown. If China is hostile, patrols will be pushed out beyond the frontier to watch the movements of the population, and to search for Proclamations. Special attention will be paid to the town of Sham Chun.
12. He will communicate to the General Staff Officer at the Headquarter Office by telephone or messenger any information he may receive under the arrangements detailed in the last five paragraphs.
13. He will report to the Colonial Secretary when each separate action required of him on mobilization, according to the foregoing instructions, is completed and sub- sequently from time to time as may be necessary with regard to the action required of him while the fortress remains mobilized.
14. Further colonial personnel, &c., to be considered in connection with the defence are the Civil Police and the Fire Brigade.
The Civil Police Force is under a Captain-Superintendent, a Deputy Superintendent, and three Assistant Superintendents, and, apart from clerical staff and coolies, consists of.....
British Indians
Chinese
Total
Chief Inspector and Inspectors.
Sergeants and Acting Sergeants.
Police Constables.
Engineers, Stokers, and
Total.
Seamen.
16
53
64
133
2
51
357
410
(Jemadars)
22
289
99
66
410
18
126
710
99
953
The British and Indians are armed with M.E. carbines and bayonets, and also have revolvers; the Chinese have swords only. In case of war with a Power other than
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