CO129-071 - Public Offices - 1858 — Page 209

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of Comme

Shore à destroy our Phuffing.

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Topresent his entrance of the

Western Passage

Then

of placing Batteries on

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an not the means

The Hong Kong

Store, of sufficient Zonen. Pe Japage

is 2000 Zards across at the harrowest Jart, from Posesive Point, which is the newest suitables availabk

of ot for the construction of a Battery, the distance ccross is 2,000 Bards; and

From West Point 3,300. These distances Being quite beyond The effective range of the heaviest Artillery, an Every's Steamer Night Round Lontoon Point without Pastaining very much Ross-

erection of

The such way in which this evil can de residied is of powerful Battery on Kowloon Print,

Quel a Battery would cross dire with the on Passion Priit within Theffation

range of garmion sens.

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The Coster Entrance at Symoon being

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The ground being favorable,

it may be defended from the Hoy King

that even a very obmall.

store clone; se

Jince of land at the Weations Entrance

sufficient for the exction of a self defensible Battery, would

advantageous.

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It affears Tower, my dearest

to obtain a siment at Earger cxtent Biz – which shall of ground on Embrace the whole horten Chore from Kowloon Point to Symoon, and, as for co can be judged from the Jubliked Charts & from the appearan

Jerm of the hills, a well defined boundary

be marked out, which shall

Wittle Land, Jetonhace ! include verz

any point from which the harbour, in its fullest extent, from last to

These point

West can be seh, as well to Iron which the approaches to it an

llaneous

ces.

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