It! a conclusion, which to any person is at least unexpected.
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Moreover, despite the Harbour Master's strict injunction to diminish the Home Power, if the Engines and Boilers could not be got into the space shewn in the plan, and despite Mr. Reed's clear demonstration (Par. 9), that Engines and Boilers of only 40 Horse Power could not suitably be got into that space, he infers that in placing them there "the requisition was intelligently and wisely complied with."
Now I confess I cannot quite see how that conclusion is warranted, because Mr. Reed's method of explaining the precautions taken by this Government to prevent the result which has occurred does not apparently consist with the natural interpretation of the instructions. Thus, although, at the head of the Harbour Master's requisition it was clearly stated (as Mr. Reed adduces), that less powerful Engines were to be supplied if those ordered could not be got into the space shewn in the plan, and though such preliminary stipulation was obviously placed where to govern the interpretation of all subsequent paragraphs in the same document, Mr. Reed actually treats (Par. 3) the allowance of the Harbour Master "further on" to 30 Horse Power Engines as "one of the points to be observed.
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