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Committer Room Whitehall

26 June 1878.

I am requested by the Colonial

to acknowledge the

Committer to

Defence weipt of your

420

letters of the 24th June,

transmitting correspondence and reports from Sir Bartle Frere respecting proposals

Table Bay, and

for the defence of

requesting information as to the cook, Permanent defences for the Cape of Good Hope-

In the absence of our Lector Sumrras, the Committer have given consideration to these papers, and as at present advised

4 prepared to recommend guns of 38 and 25 tous for the defence oft

are

not

as

suggested by the

Cape The Under Secretary oftate

for the Colonies.

the

local Committer.

Reference:-

CO 537/179

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