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APPENDIX.
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STATEMENT OF THE DEFENCES OF NEW ZEALAND.
(The guns shown in the Table are all mounted except where stated otherwise in the Remarks.)
B.L.
R.M.L.
Station and Work,
Q.F. 6-pr.
8-in.
6-in.
7.10. 64-pr.
Wellington,
Gordon Point Battery
Fort Balance
Low Battery
Kau Point Battery
Halswell Battery
Fort Buckley (Kai Warra)
Fort Kelburn (Ngahauranga)
Total
Auckland.
North Head—
North Battery
Fort Cautley.
South Battery
Takapuna
Fort Bastion Fort Resolution
Total
1
Spur Point
Lyttelton.
Erskine Point
Battery Point
Fort Jervois (Ripa Island)
Total
OTAGO HARBOUR,
Port Chalmers.
Taiaroa Head-
Ocean Battery
Lighthouse Battery
Howlett Point Battery.
Summit Battery
Channel Battery
Total
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Dunedin.
Ocean Beach-
St. Clair Battery Central Battery
Total
Grand Total
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There are also at the station 1-6-in. B.L. (strengthened), and 1-7-in. R.M.L. gun temporarily mounted for drill purposes, and 2-6-pr. Q.F. an:! 1-3-pr. Q.F. guns in store.
All the 6-in, B.L. guns shown as mounted
have been strengthened.
The movable armament consists of 1—64-pr. R.M.L., 8-6-pr. Q.F., 1—12-pr. R.B.L., 10-6-pr. R.B.L., 1-2-barrel Norden- felt, and 1 Maxim gun.
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There are also at the station 1-8-in. B.L. gun not mounted, 1-64-pr. R.M.L. mounted for drill, and 4 -64-prs. mounted for saluting purposes.
All the 6-in. guns have been strengthened. The movable armament consists of 4-9-pr. R.B.L., 4-12-pr. R.B.L., 4—64-pr. R.M.L., and 1-40-pr. R.B.L.
(There is also at the station, unmounted, 1-64-pr. R.M.L. gun. The 2-6-in. B.L. guns shown as mounted have been strengthened. One of them has not yet been received back from England. The movable armament consists of 7- -9-pr
R.B.L. and 2—6-pr. Q.F.
There are also at the station, unmounted, 1-8-in. B.L., 1-7-in. R.M.L., and 1-6-pr. Q.F., and there is 1-64-pr. R.M.L. mounted for drill. One of the 6-in. B.L. guns shown as mounted is at present in England for strengthen- ing. The other two have not been strengthened.
The movable armament consists of 4-12-pr. R.B.L., 7-9-pr.. R.B.L., and 2-6-pr. Q.F.
PRINTED AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE BY J. W. HARRISON.—20/6/98.
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