CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 128

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it is my duty to propose,

find the acrangement it is

with reference to Defence and Military Buildings

no way interfere with His Excellency's

wit in no

Plans.

b a

few words a

all necessar

neresiary

Defensive District including

Commissariat and Ordnance

supplies and water, and wholly confined in occufation to persons under the restraint-

of Military discipline constitulis If at which I consider essentially necessary to possess in the occupation of any bolong

and particularly so

where the population of the Island is composed

of aliens of every variety of religion, truly fortunate there is the

· position being to arranged

means

and it is

of this

I have thus briefly described the plan I have to submit for military occupation and

defence, to induce

the

immediately

your

livo

Lordship to procure

houses East of the Ordnance

Store for Military use, and it will be

essentially

necessary if my plan is fully to be acted upon that the indifferent small buildings

which have been erected

(pri cipally of wood) which have

in

they

the position for Bazars should be bought.

we very inconveniently situated for

The

use

of the inhabitants, and are not requin is for the

may

become resorts to

· of the Troops and them from their provimity for

shake.

vice in every

I attach a list of the buildings I suppose

it will be

mecessary eventually to provide for

Military purposes

Field Officers House commanding Regiment

in

Hongking

defence

Houses