4.
4.
facilitated by the approval recently given by the Admiralty
to fit H.M. Trawler "BARNET" as a minesweeper for training
purposes. Short cruises will be carried out, and Officers
who prove their ability to command craft on either patrol or
minesweeping duties will be given certificates of efficiency. I see no reason why the report for the year ending 31st March
1936 should not show the existence of a Force well able to
play its part in the defence of the Colony.
13.
Copies of this report have been forwarded to His
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and to His Excellency the
General Officer Commanding, to whom copies of the Executive
Officers' report referred to have also been supplied.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
sd. FRANK ELLIOTT.
COMMODORE.
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