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to supply
a certain cermanent out of e Imperial Funds, the account required exceeding £87,000, which will have to be still further increased to a considerable extert in the event ofscy proposals for.
powerful
wcore
a-
and numerous aruuant
received. Moreover, the
being favorably receive
whide of the
"the Naval exporters fall o Imperial Government, including
on
the
the
maintenance of 2
several fun and torpedo
200
borets specially allotted for the defecce of of the very
as also the cost
this harbour, extrusive minefields and all work iner
connection therewith.
Jaking
this into account,
aud
the almost defenceless- large commercial harbours
remombering
of our large
state
at house,
of which
I had ample.
-experience when in command
of by
far
for the largest of our ellilitary Districts, Ifol convinced that the protection of these harbour,
will be held to have the prior claim on
over
heavily
England,
taxed
countryscien
in
and that one can hardly expect
them to do more than pay for the armament:
in question, the Colony having to place the gure in position at its own expense.
eve
In this epeaking frankly of what may auticipate, I think I am best serving
are as desirous as ever
this
the interests of the Community here; who I presume all important place put into a
of seeing
proper
-permanent state of defence – remembering how much time will be required in the construction of the necessary
and how dangerous
In any
worko
are any further delays.
case it is
my
to
bounded duty to
take advantage of the favourabh opportung