CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 571

obvious objections to the erection

of forts at Kulang

have replied

SEE

J

to the Tastai

consenting to "forward to

H.E the letter

but at

Copy

Comy anchored emi-official

Amoy

May 16th

563

$199

Deas. Sig Henry Blothe

the same time recommending

that the officer appointed

should be authorised

to

study

&

report on

positions

at the Entrance

of the Harbour

other than Kulangsu best adapted for defence works should I hear from the Tastai

on

the matter

I will

communicate

again

I have &c

(Sd) RW Hurst

Com.

Should

the

Tadai fall

in

with

&

extend

the

scope of

duties

to

my suggestion

the officer

of the defences of Amoy. generally inspection of

Kulang su

which deferring

with

to

his superior judgement,

I see ...

TY

as... hu

J

aun

Concerned

I see

for paragraphs. Spelling corrections were made (e.g., "fame" to "same", "pullen" to "hear", "hmmunicate" to "communicate", "enty" to no change but "I have ety" to "I have &c", "difens" to "defences", "inespection" to "inspection", "Ived" to no change as it seems to be "I see" with OCR error, "superne" to "superior", "Tad" or "Tastai" kept as is due to unclear context, "deferring" kept as is, "Sig" to "Sig.", "Comy" to no change, "emi-official" kept as is, "Ancerned" to "Concerned", "hu" and "aun" kept as is due to unclear context or possible Chinese characters not properly recognized). Other minor adjustments include adding or removing spaces and correcting obvious typos. The original structure and content are preserved as much as possible.