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it's Trade, its Docks; its Harbour

and its facilities for coating, Hongkong

is in.

نا

intrinsically most valuable but to Great Britain it has a pecutive importance. It is the principal naved station in

thise waters and even the largest Iron clads can be refitters there. It is a dépôt sor The traffic in opium upon which the Revenue India largely depends, and it is a Free port greatly resorted to by every nation, and in which the British-born

Chiness are now an

important factor

Cones quently, it becomes Consequently,

Our

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encissary for

prestige in Chime and the Pacific,

and

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and for the protection of our interests everywhere, that Hongkong should be

fortified

in such a manner that its

security should be placed beyond

doubt.

all

The Committee Camol suggest any improvement in the positions of the

Batteries as laid down in the memo:

A

of the Inspector

Prepared in the Ngies of

Emeral of Fortifications

Some changes

have however been made in the armament

and a new

:battery for two mine inch

R.M.L. Guns has been added at

Kombon East. In this Report, the

Committed have first dealt with the

Batteries