CO129-117 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 262

2. the Commander in Chief will not

be able with It. Force, now under his

| Preus to detach more vessels for the suppression of Princy, looking

to the

and continued demands

queat and

made u

upon him on account

t of

British

interests and their representativer in China and im Japan and the

other

in parts of

his extended Station

with respect to the second por

d point,

the

namely the reinforcement of Iquation with the class of Verrels suited to the repression of Pracy

on those Coasts,

Lords would

remark that. the best class of

vessels that could be sent is a

superior Kind of Gun Karel, fast-

and

and with heavy

vessels can on

equipped

only

260

armament Such

be built, armed

sent out to China, and

maintained there at a

and at a lar

At the

large

large outtay.

annual cost.

to time there are

present time.

demands for :

in

naval forces

increased, praval

other parts of the world, while urgent request

is made to their

Lps to reduce the amount required

for the expenditure of the ensuing

year. The dificulty felt by aver

my

Lds in

ordering an increase to the China,

ordering

Squadron would be diminished, if it

Append likely that the expense

ultimately be defrayed, be

would ultimu

the