Enclosure III.
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Sir,
Government House,
Hongkong, 12th February, 1887.
I have been unable until now to reply to Your Excellency's letter of 27th ultimo on the subject of the blocking of Kellett's Bank.
I have had to consult with the Surveyor General and to consider the various schemes proposed with this object.
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The most effective plan for blocking Kellett's Bank and preventing the entry of an enemy's ship appears from His Excellency Major General M. G. Cameron, C.B.,