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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

REPORT-

1. ROUTE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Gibraltar

Sierra Leone

The Gambia

Ascension

St. Helena

The Cape of Good Hope

Port Elizabeth ..

II. ROUTES ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN..

Mauritius

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Aden..

Perim..

Ceylon

Galle

Colombo

Trincomalee

Diego Garcia

Seychelles

Cocos or Keeling Island

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Cyprus

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III. ROUTE THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN AND SUEZ CANAL

IV. ROUTES BETWEEN SINGAPORE, THE CHINA SEA, AND AUSTRALIA

Singapore

Penang

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Labuan

North Borneo

Hong Kong

Port Hamilton

Thursday Island

V. ROUTES BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE WEST

INDIES

The East Coast of North America

The West Indies

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Jamaica

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Antigua

St. Lucia

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Barbados

Bahamas

Trinidad

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Garrisons for the West Indies

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VI. ROUTES BETWEEN

FORTS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CAPE HORN UP TO VANCOUVER ISLAND The Falkland Islands

IN SOUTH AMERICA; AND ROUND

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Vancouver Island

VII. ROUTES ACROSS THE PACIFIC

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Fanning Island..

Fiji

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CONCLUSION

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APPENDIX-

No. 1. Paper put in by Sir Alcxander Milne :-

Lists of coaling depôts and stations now used by Her Majesty's ships, and remarks on

coaling stations required in time of war

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