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Inclosure in No. 18.

SUMMARY of Colonial Ports the Defence of which has been considered by the Colonial Defence Committee.

Colony.

Cape Colony

Port.

Simon's Bay Cape Town

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Natal

Mauritius

Ceylon

Straits Settlements

Labuan

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Port Elizabeth

Durban Port Louis Trincomalee

Galle..

Colombo

Singapore

Penang

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Victoria

Remarks.

Temporary defences provided by Imperial Government. Recommendations of Committee being carried out.

Secretary of State for Colonies decided not to under-

take defence.

Committee submitted suggestions for defence. Recommendations of Committee being carried out.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Hong Kong Perth..

King George's Sound Adelaide

Defence not recommended.

Ditto.

Recommendations of Committee being carried out. Committee submitted suggestions for defence. Defence not recommended.

Defence provided for by the Colony.

Hong Kong

Western Australia

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South Australia

Victoria

New South Wales

Melbourne

Ditto.

Sydney

Ditto.

Newcastle

Ditto.

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Queensland Tasmania

Brisbane

Ditto.

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Hobart Town

Ditto.

Launceston

Ditto.

New Zealand

Auckland

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Wellington

Ditto.

Nelson

Ditto.

Port Lyttelton

Ditto.

Otago..

Ditto.

British Columbia

Victoria

Defence recommended and accepted by Colony.

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New Brunswick

33

Cape Breton

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95

Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland

West Indies-

Jamaica

Barbados

Tobago

British Honduras

Bahamas

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Trinidad

St. Helena

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Esquimault Nanaimo

St. John

Pictou Sydney Louisburg

Charlottetown

St. John's

Defence recommended, and partially carried out by

Dominion Government.

Ditto.

Committee submitted suggestions for defence.

Defence recommended.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Defence not recommended.

Defence recommended.

Defence recommended and partially carried out.

Port Royal and Kingston.. Recommendations of Committee being carried out.

Bridgetown

Scarborough

Belize..

Nassau

Port of Spain James Town

West African Settlements Sierra Leone

Gold Coast

Heligoland

Malta

Cape Coast Castle

Ditto.

Defence not recommended.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Recommendations of Committee being carried out.

Defence recommended, but postponed by Secretary of

State.

Defence not recommended.

Ditto.

Formation of a local force recommended.

No. 19.

Sir,

War Office to Colonial Office.

War Office, April 18, 1879. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for War to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a despatch from Lieutenant- General Lord Chelmsford respecting the defences of the Table Mountain Peninsula.

I am to state that Colonel Stanley concurs in the views expressed by Lord Chelmsford, viz. (1.) that the defence of the two towns-Cape Town and Simon's Town- should be considered as a whole, and not separately; and (2) that, in order to carry this practically into effect, the forces provided for their defence should be placed under the command of the officer commanding Her Majesty's forces in South Africa.

The Secretary of State for War, recognizing the principle that the defence of Simon's Town from attack by sea must form a charge against Imperial funds, would desire to

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