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Royal Laboratory Office.

Hong Kong

December 1879

umber of Geurs

M Antuler

to Jour

letter of the

19h Lust: I have the honour to State that I have given the subject

submitted to me

conrful consideration,

that

and if at tinies I apparue to wander from the immediate questions asked, I respectfully worge lave found the whole subject of the Colonial Orfence to involved in Every

branch, that I find in

difficult to treat of any

out

it

three thoroughly, without allerding

The basis of the

at tires to the others.

Defence consists in an uttered

hority six Guns distributed

o be turnty-six. Armament of

Guus now t Recently moni

agamist

of hea

Frondland.

Colonel W. J. Stuart

Variously

The first question raised then is, what shall be the nature of these guns?

The Guns now mounted and excently mounted at Song Hong Consist of B.L.R. Guns and 64. Pr Converted Gaus, none of which fire projectiles for Armone-Pirrenis,

and as it is

A

Erasonable

Royal Engineers astmeption that fron clad

etc. Etc:

Jenils

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