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As to our movable s
it, is consists
ver 20 years old,
chiofly, of 18 muzzle-loading guns of which at least
six era old short M.L. 7 pounters,
(with an effective range of little over 1500 yards,
My uccleus nurtust modern w.apons) and
& others, wamely 2.5 1.2. mountain uns are manned
by our local Volunteers.
In addition there are, we believe,
3 pounder q.t. cans on carriages but wothing mob.
of 1. r calibre.
Another point, which wouli
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require earnest attention, fo the Prat tint and Shona M.L.guns fire black ponder, des mould, of corrue,
enable het uition to o cauti, brewed ma
of war.
time
In our opinion, the wive deficlebalea
ought to be spa-viily rectiflod. But Wet We dealre
is to see the stepa iu contempla ion nagko ka
quickly as possible, an effective, color-te dam..
We we al owly wribbel to pou ou previous
occasions, on the subject of the defqude of the South side of the Talaud, fud, in view of the post- biling at approaching trouble, which we have
indlasted aonve, we beg leave once more to sups st
that it is ligoratively ang senary that ain Luna should be voated commending the Southern approach to d84and. At present, not one single gun
our Southern shore which in some 11 mil:s
u hosil vosals could lts in absolute
security
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As far as lawl defencos are concerned, it
any of the excellent andhorages on that side,
How bad of the
vable Armomeet
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