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Stores in accordance with the
Colonial Volunteers Regulations on the subjeer dated 18th March 1862 War
Ffice
ovu 40
£ was
charged
ed and
paid for ammunition packages
for 1862 and 2 and nearly
infly say
£to in all.
will
£ 40
By the enclosed letter good
perceive
thas objection is made
Anuforities to by the local military giving credit for returned serviceable. packages unless for similar ones as charged for in the last Voucher vize
in 18ty and then only
The consequence
as an
indulgenc
is the Colonial
Government must lose £10 and
no ev
40
encouragement is given to the
>
Volunteers preserving
preserving their Stores.
To shew the unadvisability of this
pradice as proposed by the Segrerintendent
of Store I may mention that to
carry
it out would necessitate the
transferring of loose powder from
ove
package to another
a
highly
dangerous practice, expecially in a Volnities Corps rchere the magazine
accommodation is oo
confined and ~ inferior and there are no trained and paid Staff in charge. Again the necessity for
chris li
transfer
is
brought about by the Military Store
Department itself as on
sond
occasions metal lived "barrels
with zine cylinders, Indian