CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 467

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be Ke

kopt up at the rate

per gun,

of 200

Grounds

and stored by the Ordnance Department, being icensed on

payment to the Colonial Government when required.

2.

The practice heretofore

has been to obtain the ammunition

for

these

gins locally from the

Military Authorities, who supplied

it

on

payment from their

store. It

that a

seems however very

separate and regular

own

desirable

regular stock,

sufficient to supply the full. equipment of the guns, should be

constantly

constantly kept on hand, and I. accordingly acquisoced in the proposal of the Military Authorities to requisition the amount required from the War Deportment at home

I under

3.

understand that this

haw already been done in letter_

No.

I. S.

147 of the 12th ultimo, but as the

Army Regulations, I am informed,

of

this

require that applications nature should be preferred by the

Governor, I have now the honour

to request that Your Lordship will be good enough to move the Nar Office

to