for

ई.

one Boiler only, and all required the same number of Beams to be cut to make way for that Boiler; but the design of Mess Mandelay recessitated a further opening in the Deck over the Engines 7 feet 3 inches long, involving additional

the cutting of an

beam, which the proposals of the others did not call for.

to the

8. With

regard projection of the Boiler above the surface of the deck, which seems to be the greatest source of Complaint (stated by the Governor in his despatch of the 18 July to be 6 feet, and in his despatch

of

110

of the 20 of the same month to be

3 feet 6 inches above the deck), there is but slight difference between the three designs

That of Mandelays is 3 feet

Leah& Son

Blyth

9. Such

4 feet

3 feet 3 inches

arrangement

An

is commonly adopted and generally approved for small Vessels in this country, and as Mandelay's arrangements suggested by the Colonial authorities on account of

were

"Compactness of form" it did not occur to the Crown Agents

nor as

it

appears

to the Makers

any of that that part.

of

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