which I have interpreted to mean,
of 2nd
Your Confidential Despatch
August when may Report
be expected as to Defences",
to which I replied by Telegr
onr
the 11
of inst
as follows:
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germ
ander
Secret
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35
Robinson's Despatch of the 2
and August
Your Lordship's Confidential Despatch
of 25th July was received with
enclosure cout
containing very detailed
instructions from the Colonial Defence
Committee as to Schemes of Defence
and
the Foren en
which they
These
forward Defence Report direfully,
meaning.
Referring to
your telegram of 10
May, hope to forward Defence
Report by
an
early Mail".
I beg to
delay
add in explanation of the
which has occurred in
rendering the Report, that shortly
after the transmission of 5' vi William
Robinson's
should be drawn up.
instructions made it necessary
for the Local Defence Committee
to entirely
recast their scheme
in accordance therewith, a work
which involved the compilation of
a
large amount
of
statistics and
information which it has taken
long time to collect.
a
A further