Although months have passed since the receipt of the Colonial Defence Com- mittee's Remarks, No. 172 R, of the 30th November, 1897, which accepted generally the principle of the Scheme put forward on

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HONG KONG.

C.O. No. 1373. S.

DEFENCE SCHEME.

REVISED TO DECEMBER 1898.

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1899.

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