16

Abstract of Cost of Proposed Works.

Armament.

Cost.

6-ton.

64-pr. Works.

Guns

Submarine Defences.

Total

Gun-boats.

£

Cape Town

10

6

£ 17,600 13,800

+

£

3,000 13,000

47,200

Port Elizabeth

+

10,400

A

8,400

18,800

Port Louis

400

2,000

2,000

4,400

Trincomalee

7

6,600

9,400

2,000

18,000

Galle

6

9,900

9,600

19,500

Colombo..

5,100

7,800

12,900

Singapore Hong Kong

8

Total

58

36

21,800 18,600 30,000 12.200

101,800 79,600

5,000 26,000 7,000 26,000

69,400

75,200

19,000 65,000 265,400

Abstract of Proposed Forces.

Existing Force.

Proposed Force.

Regular.

Regular.

Local.

Cape Colony

Mauritius Ceylon Straits

Hong Kong

:::::

:::::

Artillery.

Engineers.

Infantry.

៖ ēēēēē - Artillery.

3,400

Infantry.

2,000

400

1,000

100

A Cavalry.

241

72

3,527

200

1,000

115

318

100 1,000

295

900

300

800

950

100

1,000

194

923

200

1,800

940

6,618

900

6,600

900

Miscellaneous. No. 35A.

Printed for the use of the Colonial Office.

SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL.

SECOND REPORT

ΟΙ Δ

COLONIAL DEFENCE COMMITTEE

ON THE

100

TEMPORARY DEFENCES

OF

THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA,

AND NEW ZEALAND.

Colonial Office,

April 1878.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :~~

LTCO. 885

4 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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