examining these particulars is that

the reservation of the stores must in great degree depend upon

the party in charge

of them; and the reports from the several Officers in Command seem to

admit that the losses

on the present occasion

Might have been

Now &

That his exertions in the

507

John Pakington's notice a more general consideration on the

Assistance rendered by H.M.'s Military and

Naval Forces wither in suppression of fires or in

in which he states that things of any nation

"

Men with

"he has issued instructions to all the appliances

[Just passage]

reports ships-

the guidance of

is much appreciated

"and tends to increase

in charge of fire extinguishing and aiding the popularity of both

fires which will be treated and

prevent a recurrence "losses of this description can

be obviated to a certain extent by better gathering arrangements of them in charge

of the

the tugine

Upper Deck of the ship, we

is anxious further

to bring under Sir

Then stores

in charge of

(earnestly hopes that it will not be thought worthwhile, for the

sake of the very small sum involved in the present claim, to impair the good will derived from

services

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