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The inconvenience has thus caused affected not only Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces on the Station, but also the Colonial Service, and I may say, generally the Community. I have, therefore,
2. Transmitted to your Lordship this day the following Telegrams "Please hasten shipments of coins already ordered subsidising plus Five Thousand Pounds in equal proportions."
3. Having regard to the experience already gained, and the apparently necessary delay in complying with the orders from the Manufacturers, I think it would be better to obtain such a supply as soon as possible as would surely meet all present wants. Hence, my application for the further instalment of £5,000, which I trust will arrive soon after amounts previously requested to be sent out, or indeed at the same time, when I shall be in a position to report in what proportions, and at what periods future shipments should be made.
At present it is impossible