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Report of a Ponorable the Privy

or Canada, approved

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xcellency the Governa

Council

1879.

on

ete

mmittee of Council love them a Report

arch 1879, from. the The Minister of

Defence to whom

erred a memorandum

command of Your companying Lieutenant General

Selby Smyth,

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Commanding

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commanding

the Militia, dated

1 to February 1879 on the expedional

" an Act. through

of passing

" the Dominion Législature in

" pursuance of the 3th section "of the Colonial Naval Defence

"Act of 1865.

The Minister states that

while

recognizing

the desirability

of ultimately having

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one or more

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training ships in the service

of the Dominion with the view a reserve Naval Force,

of creating

he is however of opinion that the present state of the finances of the Country does not render

opportune moment

this an

for bringing the subject before

Parliament.

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