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that I am quite unconscious

of any

being

name

such private Furniture

so deposited in

my

with the exception of Two Brass 32Pdr with Carriages and proper appurtenances which, on paying off H.M.S. Ajax

in September 1853 at Devonport-

were

kindly permitted by the

late Mr Storekeeper Dent

to be placed in store.

These

belonging to the Tender Louisa

belonging to my Department

were furnished by Her Majesty's Superintendent of Trade in China.

in China. The latter

Sir Geo. B. Robinson to improve the Armament of H.M.S. Raleigh,

which had been rendered

deficient

from the effects of typhoon experienced in the China Sea off the N.E. end of Formosa on the 4th 5th and 6th

days of August 1835 when

Guns Boats and Masts were necessarily sacrificed and the

saved. Subsequently

the Ship

was

the Tender "Louisa" was totally

lost in similar weather, the

were

never returned

and have followed my

Service

in

"Raleigh Minden

and "Ajax" being fitted from those until deposited as above I never gave any receipt for them and therefore disclaim

any

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