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seaboard would be more

securely guarded in the event of any of those alarms

emergencies of

or

war which

our experience of the last 20

has taught us may

years

come

suddenly and when least expected.

Do the

Sydney, Pictow, Charlottetown Lip and St. John, are all important sea ports in exposed positions

on the actantic Coast. While Victoria and

Esquimalt in Vancouver Island demand

no less attention

The ten long range guns mounted last year for the defence of those ports have greatly added to their protection.

but

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