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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
EUROPEAN. INDIAN. CHINESE. TOTALS. [ CORPS. Officers. Com-missioned Officers. N.C.O.'s and Men. N.C.O.'s and Men. Officers. IX-MILITARY FORCES AND EXPENDITURE. (1.) REGULAR FORCES. The following return shows the number and nature of the forces employed in the Colony during 1899 :- General Staff 5 *** *** *** 5 Garrison Staff *** *** *** *** *** Royal Artillery 17 *** *** 403 17 Hong Kong-Singapore Battalion, R.A. 12 *** *** 174 12 Royal Engineers... 11 *** *** *** 11 Chinese Sub. Miners *** *** *** *** *** Second Royal Welsh Fusiliers... 22 *** *** 422 22 Army Service Corps 2 1 449 477 3 Hong Kong Regiment 10 *** 185 69 10 Royal Army Medical Corps *** *** 69 69 *** Ind. Sub. Med. Staff *** *** *** 953 *** A.O.D. and Corps *** *** 976 976 5 A.P.D. and Corps 7 1,007 33 42 8 1 2 3 5 1 15 21 *** *** *** Educational 1 2 *** *** *** Total *** 97 5 1,598 25 1 1,431 69 3,226Page