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a Commission to consider and

report concerning the formation of a local Naval Defense Force at ___ Hongkong, which might be

auxiliary to the Royal Navy.

2.

nour

have them

honour to transmit, and to m

recommend to favourable consideration, the Report of this Commission, with which I coneur. If Your Lordship also approves the plan proposed, I will take forthwith

measured

C

for carrying : it into practical excention. Of

Course-

Enclosure.

.

course, the scheme must fall to the ground unless the ildmiralty agrees

to land, under the usual conditions,

the armament required for the Colonial Flotilla in aid of over ___

Majesty's ships, vir:

Her.

(1) 2-7 p. 5 est. boat guns. (2.) 6 Nordenfeldt Machine guns, (3)50 Rifles and Bayonets;

all of the same.

all of

the

in

3.

-pattern

as that

the Noyal Navy.

use in the

It will be seen that

the steam-launches, officers, crews,

and everything else, except the

above