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Appendix No. 4.

CYPRUS.

Barracks

..

£

164,000

the land defences, and there should be a reserve of at least 600, or 2,440 men in all, of whom 500 should be artillery and 100 sappers.

Bomb-proof accommodation for about 800 men is provided for in the various works, barracks for the remainder, viz., 1,640 would be required.

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SINGAPORE.

Works

Armament

Mines and establishment

Barracks

Torpedo launches

May 25, 1881.

(Signed)

Total

►

RECAPITULATION.

::::

£ 348,800

172,700

14,120 164,000 9,000

708,620

(Signed)

J. H. SMITH.

T. L. GALLWEY, Inspector-General of Fortifications.

SINGAPORE.

My Lord,

No. 72.

Colonial Office to the President of the Royal Defence Commission.

Downing Street, September 20, 1879. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to your Lordship, for the information of the Royal Defence Commission, a copy of a despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of the Straits Settlements, inclosing a copy of the Report of Lieutenant McCallum, R.E., on the military defences which have been constructed at Singapore, under the superintendence of that officer, together with a copy of the despatch which Sir Michael Hicks Beach has addressed to Lieutenant-Governor Anson in reply.

Inclosure 1 in No. 72.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

R. H. MEADE

Sir,

Lieutenant-Governor Anson to Sir M. Hicks Beach.

Government House, Singapore, July 22, 1879.

I HAVE the honour to transmit, for your information, a copy of the Report of Lieutenant McCallum, R.E., on the military defences which he has constructed at this Settlement.

2. In transmitting this Report, I should be doing an injustice to this excellent engineer officer were I to neglect to bring under your notice the general abilities, great professional knowledge, and energy he has displayed in carrying out these works for the Colony. Much credit is also due to him for his tact and good management in overcoming no light difficulties in connection with the contractors and labourers he employed, as well as for the economical manner in which he managed the funds at his disposal.

3. Should Captain Satterthwaite's health prevent his resuming his duties here, no better qualified officer than Lieutenant McCallum, who has acquired a knowledge of the language spoken in the Colony, could be found to replace him.

4. Lieutenant McCallum served as Private Secretary to Sir William Jervois when Governor of this Colony, who spoke to me in the highest terms of his abilities.

I have, &c.

(Signed)

A. E. H. ANSON.

Sir,

Inclosure 2 in No. 72.

Lieutenant McCallum, R.E., to the Colonial Secretary, Singapore.

Defence Office, Singapore, July 16, 1879.

AS the defences of Singapore cannot but be a matter of great colonial interest, I consider it right that I should, before leaving Singapore, furnish a Report for the information of his Excellency the Administrator upon the work which has been executed during the last year.

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