usual regulations, applicable

to the Hong Kong

Girl

will lose your right to a return passage.

Service. It obtained as a

permanent civil servant

you

not securities are required

from you on

receipt

of

this appointment.

I am

P.S. I am to

request you yourself

to call

at 88 Sloane

Street

for

present

to

Dr Brown

and

him the enclosed

letter. Dr Brown's fee

of examination will be

paid by the Agent for the Colonies.

L.7. I

7

(He will be a 2nd class passenger

Page 239. 39.

Date.

1887-

No.

Cong Cong

(Subject)

Harbour Defences.

DESPATCH.

C.O.

5493

RECEIVED

21 MAR 87,

(39)

1:14. The blocking of Kellett's Bank.

previous Paper.

4643

193

Forwards Reports and information respecting

the congestion

(Minutes.)

M. Meade

May send this on

today because Encl. 3A

the plans only came by French mail today

C.O.

copy sent to

J Adm

W.O.

7954/88

subsequent Paper.

To C.D.C.

I presume the Col. Govt will not be called upon to defray this large extra

P.W. 9.28/3 Expenditure?

You were informed that the proposal of the C.D.C. does not appear to have been thoroughly understood. In

notion

of an Obstacle

Kellett's bank was

suggested as a means of rapidly meeting danger which may any day arise, entailing large peace Expenditure on the Colony. For this purpose the large scheme proposed by Captain Whitmore was considered entirely

It is not contemplated to bar the passage of the

bank to small boats of

light draught, but to effectually

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