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be utilized for the purpose; or could the outlying force be supplied from James Town, the distances being so short?
6. Could not the roads between Ruperts and Middle Chubbs and between Ruperts and Banks be destroyed or obstructed with advantage, and what measures and time would be required for the purpose?
7. It appears desirable to strengthen the force detailed for Sandy Bay, at which place an attempt to effect a landing appears most probable.
8. Can temporary measures be taken to place the Commissariat stores in a position of safety? If so, where could they be removed to, and what measures and time would be required for the removal ?
9. How many donkeys are available, and could the canvas bags required for the transport of stores be made locally? How would the available transport be organized to feed and supply the outlying forces ?
10. The necessity for a telegraph station at Long Range, if Sandy Bay and Prosperous Bay are provided for, appears doubtful. Are there available stores for the Long Range Station, if required?
11. Can a system of flag signals be extemporized to supplement the telegraph by day?
12. By what obstacles could the watercourse openings in Ruperts, , and Lemon Valley be temporarily closed? What resources and labour are available for effecting this purpose, and what time would be needed ?
13. It is not proposed to retain the smooth-bore ordnance, and the proposal to use it to flank the beach at Sandy Bay and elsewhere is not concurred in. Rifle fire must be relied upon, therefore, except when the movable armament can be rendered available.
14. Could fort at High Knoll be rendered defensible by temporary expedients, and what time and labour are required?
15. It does not appear desirable to construct an earthwork of any size on Alarm Hill; but roughly intrenched posts might be prepared at Alarm House, Halley's Mount, Cason's Gate, and Thompson's Hill. What forms of work are recommended, and what measures and time are required for construction?
16. What coal supply is generally kept at the station, and where is it stored? Is it desirable to move or protect the coal in any way?
17. A Proclamation addressed to the civil population should be drawn up on the lines of that prepared at Natal, and the duties of the civil authorities in the event of attack should be clearly defined. Committee
a local appear to han overestimated the population which was returned at 4.5.10 in 1881
and is stated to have since diminished.
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