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will cause inquiries to be made with the view of ascertaining whether the telegram ever reached this country.

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ROBERT G. W. HERBERT.

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The Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to Governor the Marquis of Normanby, G.C.M.G.`

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Downing Street, May 21, 1880.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch No. 34 of the 1st April,* with reference to the appointment of Major Sargood to represent Victoria before the Royal Commissioners on the Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad, and I have to inform you that a copy of your despatch, with the memorandum which it inclosed, has been transmitted to the Royal Commissioners.

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I have, &c. (Signed)

KIMBERLEY.

No. 10.

Major F. T. Sargood to Colonial Office.

Aston House, Crystal Palace Park Road, May 22, 1880. HAVING recently arrived from Melbourne (where for several years I was a member of the Legislative Council), and being accredited by the Victorian Government to represent them before the Royal Commission on Defences, it has been suggested to me by the Right Honourable H. C. E. Childers, that an interview with yourself might afford me valuable information upon this and other subjects of interest to the Colony.

Should this suggestion fall in with your views, I shall be happy to wait upon you at any time convenient to yourself.

I remain, &c. (Signed)

F. T. SARGOOD.

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Governor-General the Marquis of Lorne, K.T., G.C.M.G., to the Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley-(Received May 25.)

(Secret.) My Lord,

Government House, Ottawa, May 11, 1880. ADVERTING to your despatch of the 6th February last,† marked Secret, regarding the conversion of merchant-vessels into armed cruizers in time of war, I have the honour to forward herewith a copy of an approved Report of a Committee of the Privy Council, accepting, with an expression of thanks, the offer of the Admiralty to supply this Govern- ment with a complete set of portable magazines and fittings for working the guns on board the ships.

I have, &c.

(Signed)

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Inclosure in No. 11.

Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council for Canada, approved by his Excellency the Governor-General on the 7th day of May, 1880.

THE Committee of Council have had under consideration a confidential letter from the Admiralty, dated the 30th January, 1880, inclosed in despatch, Secret, dated the 2nd February, 1880, from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with respect to the conversion of merchant-vessels into armed cruizers in time of war.

The Honourable the Minister of Militia and Defence, to whom said despatch, with inclosure, has been referred, reports that he is of opinion that the gracious offer made in

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