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be just

an

such a depth that their heads would be

covered at low water, they would foru.

excellent obstacle themselves, and that if

mechanical usines were attached to thewr

iù tiine

of war,

they would require

comparatively slight guarding.

Unter some method of obstruating

the waterway

over Kellett Bank be. it would,

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adopted, at the outbreak of hostilition,

take a

long

teime to get

over such a

the wives placed

area; and the Port

large area;

would be, meanwhile, exposed to the

attacks of an enterprising enemy.

Lord Hartington would be glad to have the opicion of the Fords Commissioner " the Adusiralty as to whether it would of the

be possible to stop the traffic

Over

Kollett's Bank in time of peace by the

means above described; or whether the

danger

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danger

to native or other vereels of light no

draught, which might, through ignoraie,

or stress

of weather, attempt to pass over

the piles, would prohibit the adoption of

such

a

covere;

and in this

case, whether

alternative.

their Lordships have any

proposal to suggest.

I havers

(signed) Rulph Thomson .