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· CHAPTER II (C).

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Tsim Tsi Tsui Police Station (cont.)—

Tai-Po (cont.)

Magistrate's Quarters, Tai-Po. Sheung Shui Police Station-

Block House, Da-Ku-Ling. Land Office, Tai-Po.

Headquarters Office.

Eastern District Sanitary Board Office.

Victoria Hospital.

No. 8 Police Station, 2 telephones. No. 2 Police Station-

No. 1. Police Station.

Bay View Police Station. No. 5 Fire Alarm.

Detective Inspector's Office.

(6.) INDEPENDENT TELEPHONES.

Private Secretary's Office to Assistant Colonial Secretary's Office.

Victoria Gaol to Branch Prison.

Colonial Secretary's Department to C.S.P.'s Office. Attorney-General to Government Printers.

Naval Yard to Cape D'Aguilar.

Naval Yard to Peak Signal Station.

Harbour Office Telephone Room to Boarding Office, Harbour Office to Naval Yard.

Signal Station, Green Island, to Lighthouse.

Depôt for Explosives, Green Island, to Lighthouse.

(c.) INDEPENDENT TELEGRAPH LINES.

Harbour Office to Gap Rock Lighthouse.

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Waglan Lighthouse.

Green Island Lighthouse.

Cape Collinson Lighthouse. Observatory, Kowloon.

Peak Signal Station.

Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.

(iv.) War Signal Stations.

15. Ship Signalling System.-The ship signalling stations are :—

The Gap Rock and Waglan lighthouse, and the Peak, Green Island, and Black- head's Hill signal stations.

16. Every ship sighted from Gap Rock is reported by telegraph to the Telegraph Company, who pass on the report by telegraph to the Harbour Office and signal station in the case of a man-of-war to the Naval Yard.

Every ship sighted from Waglan is reported by telephone as above.

Every ship sighted from the signal stations, not previously reported to those stations is immediately signalled.

Information given is that supplied by the vessel concerned. If she hoists no colours or house flag she is reported as a steamer or a sailing ship.

If she hoists colours only, her nationality is reported; if house flag, her house is added; if her number, her name is also sent.

It is no part of the duty of the light-keeper or signalman to guess at the identity of any ship he only transmits information. At the lighthouses besides the usual lighthouse staff, there is a clerk for transmitting messages, and also one at each of the signal stations.

17. The signal stations at the Peak and Cape D'Aguilar are the port war signal stations. They are under the control of the Navy in both peace and war.

18. At Cape D'Aguilar there is a wireless telegraphy station under naval control. 19. The information given by the lighthouses in war would be the same as in the time of peace, while the personnel of the signal station at the Peak would be supplemented by trained signallers from the Royal Navy.

(v.) Visual Signalling.

20. The military signallers of the three battalions of the garrison will be distributed by the Brigade Signalling Officer to the various sections of the defence to supplement the telephonic communications, or to replace it when disabled (see Table F, Chapter III).

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