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Commerically or strategically on the Atlantic seabord of the Dominion

The Committee have not deemed it

to consider the defence of Fr Andrews,

recessary Yarmouth, Mirimachie pad Digby, or of

the omaller ports in the Gulf & River St Lawrence,

being of opinion that they

are not likely to initi

attack expecially cowondering that they. long distance from the open sea.

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The Committer observe in the report of Lieut. General. Selby Smyth of the 1" Jan3 1878 that the means exist within the Domission

for converting Imooth bored guns according to In W. Palliser's system into refled guns at a moderate cost _ of this can be done,

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the estimated cost of the armaments would

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