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all be in exposed
Volunteer Militia
would be liable to
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Red by idle persons, pre test the
be otherwise injured guarded. The
the 64 por. Sune- less costly, and a battery might it for them.
ent however, should -the recommendations
mmittée in extenso,
recommendations
and, and these Cousts
Sun they propose : -
55 Militia willstrain 5 these Suns with Knowledge they
Can
the Government
the 7. Lon Suns ro to purchaw and `s amy duty
recommend
duty to
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recommend that an equal number
64 of by por. Converted Palliser rifled Sund should be procured in liew, making a total of 38 0r 40 rifled Cannon, of that-Calibre Cor a proportion of both decoriptions) which would arm "all the positions proposed by the Defenc Committee, with a few Suns over for Fatteries recently armed with 32 pounder only. The Palliser 64 for costs about £160 rach, besides the expense of
Carriages, which latter can if necessary be built-in Canada; that-plan having been found to answer for the Rifted Suns on Fort-Dufferin recently, placed upon traversing platforms -
When Capt-Palliser
was out here he Keenly took up
last year,
the
question of Converting our smooth bowe Suns into rifled Cannon, according to Sir William Palliser's principle and had actually made arrangements with the Canada Engine worke
owned