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& begs a professional and disinterested opinion of unquestionable weight, and we shall feel much obliged if you will kindly go through the enclosed papers which contain all the information bearing on the subject, and inform us whether you consider we have acted rightly or wrong in the matter; and also whether there is any necessity, arising out of the proposed arrangement of the Machinery, for the suggested lengthening of the vessel.
The Chief Constructor of the Navy to the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
Gentlemen,
Admiralty,
Whitehall,
25th October 1869,
1. In compliance with your letter of 20th instant, I have given very close and careful consideration to the questions raised therein and beg leave to report thereon as follows.
2. The acquisition of the Steamer comprised the following conditions, in the order in which I shall quote them.
1.