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Active Army Aden administration Admiralty Article artillery battleships belligerent Board of Admiralty Britain British Canada Canadian Pacific Railway cent Ceylon chapter China Chinese coal coast Colombo Colombo Harbour commercial Company construction Council Crown Colony cruisers defence districts Djibuti dockyard duties East Emperor Empire England English Esquimault feet force foreign fortress France French garrison Gibraltar Government Governor Home Fleet Hong-Kong Imperial increase India interests island Japan Japanese Army Java Lord Majesty Malacca Malay Malay Peninsula Malta maritime Marquis Ito Mediterranean ment military Minister MOLE naval base naval strength navy nearly numbers officers opium Ottoman peace Penang photograph by T. M. political population port possession Powers PROPOSED Quebec regard reserve revenue route Russian SCALE OF MILES Shanghai ships Singapore Sir Frank Swettenham station Straits Settlements strategical Suez Canal Swettenham T. M. Grundy territory tion Tokyo town trade Trincomalee troops Vancouver vessels Victoria Winnipeg yards