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2. “ The supply of cartridges provided for the guns, together with 
the proportion of powder in bulk (if any), and bursting charges for the 
shell, should be stored in the main magazines, and no portion should be 
stored (except under extraordinary circumstances), in the expense 
magazines, which are intended only for temporary use, when the battery 
is put in a state of preparation for action. 
8. “The expense magazines situated in proximity to the main 
magazines, are intended to accommodate, under these circumstances, 
twenty-five cartridges for each of the guns to which they are allotted 
(usually for four guns). 
4. “ The expense magazines that cannot easily be replenished from 
the main magazines (as for instance those in the flanks at Southsea 
batteries), should receive not less than thirty cartridges per gun. 
5. “The shells, when loaded, should be stored in the expense and 
main shell stores. 
“ If supplied unloaded, they should be stacked in the interior of 
the battery. 
“ Of the loaded shells supplied, a number equivalent to the cartridges 
destined for the expense magazines, should be stored in the expense 
shell stores. 
6. “ The remainder of the 100 shells per gun should, when supplied 
loaded, be stored in the main shell stores. 
7. “ The different natures of cartridges should be kept sufficiently 
distinct to prevent confusion. With this object, the bays in the maga¬ 
zines have been subdivided. The cartridges are packed in zinc cylinders, 
and can be piled to the extent of ten in height in the case of cartridges 
for 9-inch guns, and of guns of less calibre. Seven layers will, however, 
in general be found sufficient, and taking into account the extent of 
floor space allowed for the stacks, will be found to afford the necessary 
accommodation. 
8. “The shells of 9-inch rifled guns, and of guns of greater calibre, 
should be made to stand on their bases in the shell stores. Smaller 
shells can be stacked. 
“ Owing to the great length of the service shells for 9-inch and 
12-inch guns, no economy of space arises from stacking being resorted 
to, more particularly as the stacks of shells w^hen thus arranged have 
to be kept w r ell apart, and a free space provided for access to them. 
The labor of moving the shells from the store when in stacks, will also 
prove to be much greater, even with the assistance of machinery, 
than when the shells are made to stand on their bases. 
“ A traveller having been supplied for one of the main shell stores at 
Southsea, a comparative trial of the merits of the two plans can be 
instituted. 
