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on Red Head, which
completed.
no knowledge of the nor of the position id to in the telegram Govenor General to
ich was only completed
ut as the whole of : of Inworth bored
on of five 648th Rifted
the Committee truesider
to to meet present
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telegram is as
2 Mounted.
8. not mounted.
14. Mounted
2.
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Partridge Island,
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defensible work for four you y tou rifled guns and three 64 pounders _ In the Event
fwar,
this work being at some distance por
the town pome which the defenders would probably be seepplied, will require a permanent Garrison of
about 150 to 200 men with proper
accommodation for their temporary occupation.
They further recommend that a batting should be constructed at Negro point to mount
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and another
2 9 tou and there 6480 at or near Dorchester Battery for tws 7 tou guns. The works in rear of Negro point should also be maintanced, and might be armed with trave of the smooth bored quies to protect the rear and gorges of the battery on Negro point, which should be an enclosed work with a defensible gorge With respect to the garrison for these works the Committer would suggest that considering the large population of the city and environs of St John, amounting to 52,000, there ought to be no difficulty on the part of the Dominion Govenment in providing adequately for it_
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