PUBLIC RECORD.OFFICE
Reference :--
DLC.O.537
TTT
34 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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a
neglected and arrangements
contemplated for its defence by a detachment. op Police, a defensible post being constructed for the purpose."
Coal
The stores of coal are very large and on the outbreak
of War;
before, if necessary,
the whole of the English Coal would be bought up by
Navy.
not
very
our
The other coal, though
naval
suitable for purposes would, of course, be
in the
used by an enemy absence of the
former and its export therefoor should be_ prevented or regulated accordingly in the event of our not bring! strong enough at sea to dispense
with
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with all such precautions.
This matter is being
should
as
considered by Government; also the question whether there
be any
restrictions on the coaling of foreign men-of-war belonging
to Powers not in alliance with us or their assemblage in large numbers in this fort when
war is imminent.
Conclusion.
The Committee have
thus endeavoured to show as
as
briefly as possible how we stand
regards the defensive state of this Colony without entering too much into all these matters
of detail which are worked out by the responsible carefully considered and
being
Naval