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Reference:-

CO 537/169

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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Commmerically or strategically on the Atlantic seabord of the Dominion

The Committee have not deemed it

Jr Andrews, to consider the defence of

recerary

Yarmouth, Mirimachie pad Digby, or of the oncaller ports in the Gulf & River Fr damence, being of opinion that they

are not likely to inviti

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

are a

The Committer observe in the report of Lieut. General. Selby Smyth of the 1" Sand,

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that the means mist within the Domision

for converting Smooth bored guns according to In W. Palliser's system into refled quens at a moderate cost _ of this can be done, the cotinated cost of the armaments would

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CO 537/169

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PRINTE

35.7 FIDENTIA

Miscel 133/78

omvintler Room. Whitehall

18th May 1878.

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in the Colonial Defence

edge the ecceipt of

I", Traconitting the addressed by a to the Governor iting the defence

in; and requesting

to consideration the the principal

the information of the Colonies reports in the margine, which

etest consequence

709

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