CO537-(184-198) — Page 561

12. Four Excellency will perceive that such defensive Oneasures, as I have here outlined, are based on the "Matériel " actually at hand, and I have carefully refrained from proposing anything that would involve expense or make demands on the Imperial Government for I do not believe that

any Incasures, we could adopt would

prevent a cruiser from bombarding

our Forts and Towns, and I feel convinced that we will be found well able to defend our shores from

the landing of any

hortile

detachment which is likely to appear in these waters.

13. I Enclose a state showing

the strength

and present

distribution of the Imperial

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