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stock,' which would have made the total cost $16.840 deducting from this the cost of the Public Works Department Godown $840 and Insurance on the Arms &c. $250 the cost of 104fficients was $15.750. Had this proposed scheme been in force the cost would have been $15.000, and the Volunteers would have known that their liabilities would have been.
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Unless this or a similar system be adopted, by which every inducement is held out for efficiency and proficiency, and a liberal allowance of ammunition supplied free, we are of opinion that the efficiency of the Corps must be materially affected.
SIGNED
at Hong Kong this
29th day of September 1898.
(Signed) W. O'Gorman Lt. Colonel,
Chief Staff Officer
fol
President
(Signed) Wm. C. H. Hastings
Commander R. N. (Retd.)
(Signed) S. Long Capt. D.A.A.G.
(Signed) Arthur Chapman Capt. H.K.V.O.
(Signed) T. Batchelor Lieut. Q. M. The King's Own.