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Royal Laboratory Office.
Hong Kong
December 1879
umber of Geurs
M Antuler
to Jour
letter of the
19h Lust: I have the honour to State that I have given the subject
submitted to me
conrful consideration,
that
and if at tinies I apparue to wander from the immediate questions asked, I respectfully worge lave found the whole subject of the Colonial Orfence to involved in Every
branch, that I find in
difficult to treat of any
out
it
three thoroughly, without allerding
The basis of the
at tires to the others.
Defence consists in an uttered
hority six Guns distributed
o be turnty-six. Armament of
Guus now t Recently moni
agamist
of hea
Frondland.
Colonel W. J. Stuart
Variously
The first question raised then is, what shall be the nature of these guns?
The Guns now mounted and excently mounted at Song Hong Consist of B.L.R. Guns and 64. Pr Converted Gaus, none of which fire projectiles for Armone-Pirrenis,
and as it is
A
Erasonable
Royal Engineers astmeption that fron clad
etc. Etc:
Jenils