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and other packages received

by

them

from

the War Department, for which allowance

is to be made, and

amm

'

the

payments for - proportionately reduced.

N°2.

the

his letter which is enclosed, represents, copy of

the almost impossibility of returning the

packages within the prescribed time and

munition

states that in

Consequence of

the

great

A

question has

nno arisen as

to whether these prekages must be returned

at the time

of

issue or within the same

quartir-

or whether they may

as emptied of their contents.

of

be returned

The Deputy Superintendent Stires whose views are corsicided in by Major General Guy is of opinion that the closing of his accounts precludes The possibility of again taking on charge Stores which have already been issued - Colonel Bring late Commandant of the Hongking Nolunteers, as will be seen by

diversity of cases in which ammunition is

acked

ed the old packages will bit ravely

packed

answer the description of those required

to be returned.

Under these circumstances if,

Mr. Scott's

opinion

be correct the

indulgence granted in the paragraph referred to, will be of little avoil,- but

I trust that a sim

simple question of the

mode of bringing stores to account will

not be allowed to over-ride a

regulation which has been made for the benefit

of Volunteer Corps.

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