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Bosh these operations would be impracticable. if we had requisite guns on green beland to oppose to the

every's ships

or boats.

But duse and all other points

of any importance in connexion

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with the Harbour works appear to have been

the consideration of the was office, and the Committee refrain sherefore from further. comment, excepting to deprecate casey weakening of the batteries in consideration of the protection to be afforded by the wine fields

in the present state of the science &. Submarine Mining defence, it is hardly pandent to решен

too much reliance.

which

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The batteries, it is submitted, should be sufficent in themselves for the protection of the harbour

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case had loene recommendations

been adopted.

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The

extra capense involved

as nothing compared with the

interests

abstake

ovmoney spent.

elsewhere by ourselves and foreign nations on the defences of places.

of inferior importance to Hongkong.

The lines defence

will be

et Kowloon

very much is proposed by Colonel Crosaman's Committee in

1881.

Kowloon is easily defended with a suffient Garrison, and

eare is being taken to prevent enervachment which will unduly interfere with the fine from the works when authorized and completed. shored the whole of the Naval.

establishments be removed to Kowloon, as has been frequendy

popred