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was lying at a little jetty some sixty yards away. He was repeatedy -ly fired at and seems to have had a remarkabla escupe. Your Committee considers that he acted bravely and did all that aB
reasonably possible under the circumstances.
9.
The position and plan of the Police Station.
The Police 3tation is situated on the Western side
of the Isladd and in the Southern part of the Chinese village which lies at the sea edge of a wall and regularly shaped little bay or cove.
The front of the Station is on the sea front
separated only from the water by a few feet of beach and standing
on a built up platform about five feet high.
The whole building is surrounded (except, of course, sea-varde) by a notwork of Chinese huts and alley-ways.
The situation of the Station on the Island is shown
roughly by the diagrammatic drawing below
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VILLAGE
A. Police Station:
B. Where pirates landed. 6. Largts, motshes.
and rough plans of the Police Station buildings and their surroundings are annexed on the following two sheets.