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what are the available resources of the Colony, and how it is proposed to remedy deficiencies.

6. The Local Committee should consider and report upon the most probable landing-places of a hostile force, and the facilities for a movementTM thence on Port Louis.

7. The Colonial Defence Committee cannot offer any remarks on the proposed scheme of land defence for Port Louis The details of this scheme should be embodied in the next Report of the Local Committee in ordar that the

8. A draft Proclamation to the civil population, similar to that prepared general plan by the Local Committee of Natal, should be attached to the Report. The defance may question of hospital arrangements and the extinction of fires should also be brought,

considered.

The Colonial Defence Committee are aware of the difficulty of preparing a complete scheme of defence for Mauritius at a time when the coast works are under revision and the existing armament is partially dismounted. As soon as the new defences are completed a fresh Report should be prepared embodying the matters above referred to, and giving a detailed account of the proposed distribution of the available force. Meanwhile, the questions raised in Remarks 1 and 2 should be referred to the War Office for consideration.

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