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shewn in the plan of that work laid before the meeting, are generally 
approved, and may be taken as a satisfactory general guide for future con¬ 
structions. (Plate I*). 
£. “The expense magazines as shewn in this plan, viz. one for every 
four guns, is concurred in. Each magazine should contain at least twenty-five 
rounds per gun; that proportion being increased for such faces as are likely 
to be long under fire, or where the main magazine is unavoidably more remote 
from the expense magazines than in this plan. 
3. “A plan embodying these general principles will be prepared, and the 
shell-filling rooms and room for filling cartridges will be shewn upon it. 
4. “Colonel Jervois, E.E., placed before the meeting a proposed method 
of moving shells for casemates and for open batteries, which was generally 
approved; to be considered in detail. 
5. “He also shewed a plan of transferring the cartridges from the 
magazine to the gun floor; on which it was observed that it will be prefer¬ 
able in all cases to bring up the shell at the nearest opening to the gun,f and 
the cartridge at the more remote one. The details will be further considered. 
6. “Drawings in detail of artillery small stores, general stores, shell 
stores, side-arm stores, &c., will be prepared for consideration. 
7. “The meeting consider that, when practicable, no work should be 
dependent on one magazine alone for its supply of powder. 
“Particular attention should be given to the effective lighting of all 
magazines. 
8. “ A recognized nomenclature for every description of accommodation 
and arrangement should be adopted, and not departed from. 
9. “The side-arms in casemates should be ranged along the interior of 
the arch. 
“ Having laid down the above general principles, the meeting adjourned for 
the present, to give time for the preparation of plans in accordance with 
them, and for further consideration of the general subject/” 
The Committee met again and considered the plans on 7th February, 1867. 
They were then carried out. 
The accompanying questions, embodying the principal points which most 
nearly affect artillery defence, were drawn up in connection with the fore* 
* On account of insufficiency of space, only a portion of the plan is given. A diagram has been 
introduced to explain the relative positions of the guns, the store rooms, and ammunition 
chambers. 
f It was subsequently explained by Colonel Jervois, that the bringing up of the shell through a 
lift, placed immediately behind the merlon between two guns in a casemated battery, would be 
attended with disadvantage, as the traversing racks or tackle would lie across the mouth of the lift. 
