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£125

37,500,

that the proposed Works were tient 55,

& the proposed Armament and on 7th July Lord Hartington announced in the H. of Commons that it was decided that Hanything should ha

The Imperial for for necessary works

the Armaments (eel /.77. supplying me super attached & 154,5 14

First

unicated to for " of Hang This was communicated to on 17 Sep. 1884, with unstructions that he shirld ask the Ernail to vote £55,625.

Fold that there was no

and he was

hope of

loan

HM. for. guaranteeing the necessary

(see par. 7 of desp. of 17 sep.

But

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1 Now 1884 the W.0. informed

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the Treasury that the change for Armament Pater would be increased [ from 37,500 ] to 79,500,

because it had since been decided to

th

arted th

Employ "the luted pattern of Weechloading ordnance", but the figure for Works was at that time left unaltered Meanwhile the Les. formerl £55,000 m Condition that the guns should be of latest pattern of weechloading ordnance" [see 11/05

4118185

J.

In March 1885 (see 4508) the informed us that the guns

Wo

to ba

Wester

still more expensive, and the A also would be more expensive.

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arcubr to the poten wh the Lon

but the exact figures were not gwen.

If now

affears from this letter

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that the cost of the Armament has further advanced from 19,500 to 118,500; and the Works, from 55,625 to about 116,000

Isuppose that the irriguial becision that the Colmey istifay for the works still holds good, especially

ал

the increased cost

of the works is largely in consequence "urgent reiterated represents- "tions from the Colony",

the Colony", and that

of

Consequently the fovernor must

the Corneil to

be asked to move

vote a further £60,000

thereabouts.

we

Asto the proposed Imperial Suarantee of the loan (again

urged in par, 12 of 12359), have (in 173355) lately refused to reconsider the p

decisions

not to intertain such a proposal, and Junagine the fact that the expenditure

is doubled will not shake the Sex.

determinatio

on the point.

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States

on regard to the loan to the Cape for!