CO129-266 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [1-3] — Page 486

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Council on the 12th instant for the construction of a Hoating Fire Engine.

The necessity of having

an

engine of a

more modern.

one,

type than the existing (which is quite obsolete and so defective as to be practical ly useless) not only for protection of shipping but

for the extinction

also

fires

dry

the

of ~

on shore during the

season when the supply of fresh water may

be

limited

Enclosure

18th Augt 1894.9

limited, has been urgently represented by the Superin. tendent of the Fire Brigade

and fully recognised by the Unofficial Members of ~

Council who were unani-

mously in favour of the~ vote being passed; whilst from the enclosed copy of a letter from the General Officer Commanding Your Lordship will observe that from a Military point of view the expenditure is also fully justified