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roughly East and West, forms a serious obstacle to a landing force attempting to penetrate from South to North. It is passable only by the routes marked on the
* Map, and all of these are exceptionally defensible, even against superior numbers.
On the Mainland the approaches to the harbour from the landing places, though still very difficult, are less so thanfon the Island. They are, moreover, sọ numerous and so widely separated over country largely lacking in lateral communications, that the defence would require the use of avery much larger number of troops than is to be found in the Garrison.
From the LION ROCK RIDGE every part of the harbour, and the whole of the North side of the Island can be observed.
Hydrography.
See Admiralty Chart 3026, attached. From this it will be noticed that there are no serious navigational difficulties in landing troops at many of the places marked on the map. Some of the places, indeed, are particularly well-suited for doing so under all conditions of weather.
Chinese Population of the Colony.
This is estimated at 1,000,000,
distributed as follows:-
On the Island
In Kowloon
In Leased Territory..
Afloat...
650,000.
200,000.
75,000.
75,000.
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(g)
(1)
Those on the Island are mostly
concentrated in the city of Victoria.
They would probably maintain a purely passive attitude so long as they were not in any danger. Many would leave the Colony, if they could do so, but it is impossible to say how the remainder would behave, if subjected to danger which they could not escape. Even if large numbers did leave Hongkong, before the exits were closed, those remaining might be numerous enough seriously to embarass the defence.
Food Supplies.
These would probasly be sufficient for the diminished numbers anticipated, and should not cause serious anxiety.
Armament of the Garrison.
Fixed.
The fixed defences are probably suf- ficient yo deter hostile ships from coming under their fire. The range of
the