EXTERNAL RELATIONS. 



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ABSTRACTS. 



To distinguish the abstracts they are either lettered or num- 

 bered, according as they refer to receipts or issues: see table 

 following, and also in chap. X. 



The abstracts are attested as follows : A, I and 2 being based 

 on invoices and receipts signed by other parties outside the 

 Arsenal, are signed by the Ordnance Storekeeper. But all 

 the other abstracts, dealing as they do, except abstract C, with 

 the internal affairs of the Arsenal, are signed by the Commanding 



Officer. 



Abstracts of Receipt. 



Abstracts of Issue. 



AGENCIES. 



In the double abstracts, A, C, i, 2, 3, the agencies are the offi- 

 cers, forts, firms, states, etc., whose accompanying vouchers, 

 arranged in chronological sequence, are referred to by their num- 



