CO129-504-18 Food supply for the civilian population in event of war 7-4-1927 - 12-12-1927 — Page 8

Sir.

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DOANING STREET,

12 December, 1927.

i have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your secret despatch of the 4th of October, 1927, covering

a report by the nong Kong Defence Committee on the

question of providing food supplies for the civil population of hong kong in the event of war, sad to inform you that it was considered by the Oversea DefencS

Committee on the lồth of november.

2. The Committee formed the opinion that if effect

is given to the various recommendations of the bang kong

Defence Committee, regarding the rendering of periodical

returns, it should be possible to produce an adequate

schem snå organisation for controlling food and fuel

supplies in war time. They recommended that you should be

thanked for your comprehensive report on the supply

situation and should at the same time be asked to ensure

that the necessary pleas for controlling supplies in time of war are included in the revised Defence Scheme for the

Colony.

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i shall be glad if you will take the necessary

steps accordingly.

i have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

DOYANOK

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Copies to:

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30169.9

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 4th October, 1927.

Enclo.No. 1.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Secret despatch of the 4th July, 1927, relating to the provision of food supplies for the civil population of Hong Kong in the

event of war.

2. The position that would arise from the Colony being effectively invested on the land side

by hostile forces, e.g. the Japanese has been

further considered by the Hong Kong Defence Committee and a scheme drawn up, a copy of which is enclosed.

3. As regards paragraph 16 of the scheme, the Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department has been instructed to report in con- junction with the District Officer, North, on the possibility of extending the cultivation of

vegetables in the more accessible parts of the New Territories. The Superintendent will also, with reference to paragraph 17 of the scheme, report on the supply and transport of firewood from local plantations. A copy of these reports

will be

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&c.,

&c.,

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will be forwarded to you in due course.

4. The Dairy Farm Company and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce are being requested

to furnish periodical returns regarding frozen

meat, butter, rice and flour, as suggested in

h paragraphs 5, 6, 11 and 12 of the ceme.

5.

With respect to coal,-please see paragraph

18 of the scheme,-Commodore J.L. Pearson has

furnished the attached returns and I have called

for a full report from the Harbour Master.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,/ humble servant,

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Governor, &c.

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