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from the Admirality the Blue Ensign
was lowered & the White Ensign hoisted &
the Commodores Flags was Saluted with a Salute
of 9 Guns, on the 17th the Landing party landed
at Kowloon & marched to the rifle ranges distance
about 4 Miles we fell in sharp at 8 am by
Signal from the Tarnes senior ship men &
Officers fully equipped & marched to the rifle
ranges in a broiling hot Sun. each man
fired 20 Rounds at 2 & 300 yards. 10 independant
Firing & 10 individual this was the first time
the men had fired with the Magazines rifle the
results was on the whole satisfactory the
average for each squad of 20 men in the
individual firing was 19.8 which I thought
was very good after drawing stores & taking
in Coal & provisions we left Hong Kong on the
20th for Woosong arriving on the 24th after
a fairly fine passage after remaining at
Woosing one day we was ordered to Shangahi
which is about 10 miles from Woosang after
taking in Coal & Water we was ordered to
Wei hai Nei we left Shangahi on the 28th &
after a fine passage we arrived at [Nea?] [illegible]
Wei on Sunday the 28th we meet the (terrible)
there she had landed the same Gun &
mountings that was used in South Africa
Captain Scot visited us during the day &
formed a very high opnion of the Protector
Heavy armament & was quite surprised
when I informed him that the Crew
was all Australian naval Reserve.