CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 38

which I have interpreted to mean,

of 2nd

Your Confidential Despatch

August when may Report

be expected as to Defences",

to which I replied by Telegr

onr

the 11

of inst

as follows:

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Robinson's Despatch of the 2

and August

Your Lordship's Confidential Despatch

of 25th July was received with

enclosure cout

containing very detailed

instructions from the Colonial Defence

Committee as to Schemes of Defence

and

the Foren en

which they

These

forward Defence Report direfully,

meaning.

Referring to

your telegram of 10

May, hope to forward Defence

Report by

an

early Mail".

I beg to

delay

add in explanation of the

which has occurred in

rendering the Report, that shortly

after the transmission of 5' vi William

Robinson's

should be drawn up.

instructions made it necessary

for the Local Defence Committee

to entirely

recast their scheme

in accordance therewith, a work

which involved the compilation of

a

large amount

of

statistics and

information which it has taken

long time to collect.

a

A further