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that the Committee decided to purchase a new Eotary Printing Machine- 
whereby from 600 to 700 copies can be worked off in an hour by three men, 
in lieu of 150 copies, the average result of two men's labour with the old 
Columbian Press. The new press has only been in use since the beginning of 
Pebruary, and although it has already been of great service, the time is too short 
to enable the entire benefit to be realised, but the Committee feel confident 
that the outlay on this account, amounting to £119, will be fully repaid in 
subsequent years. 
List of “ Proceedings 33 printed during the year . 
Ancient Cannon in Europe. Part I. Erom their first employment to a.d. 1350. 
By Lieut. Henry Brackenbury, B.A., Member of the Archgeological Institute of 
Great Britain: Assistant Instructor in Artillery, Boyal Military Academy. 
Beport on the “ Genista 55 Cave, Windmill Hill, Gibraltar. (Published in the 
Gibraltar Chronicle, January 23, 1865). 
Annual Beport and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Boyal 
Artillery Institution, held on Tuesday, May 2, 1865. Maj.-Gen. E. C. Warde, c.B. 
in the Chair. 
Contributions to the technology of Foreign Billed Ordnance (No. 1.), by 
Brigadier-General Lefroy, B.A., F.B.S. 
Description of three Guns found in tire Port of Puttehgurh on its capture by 
Lord Clyde in 1858, by Lieut. H. W. L. Hime, B A. 
Account of the final Attack and Capture of Bichmond by the Federal American 
Army, commanded by General Grant; by Major PI. A. Smyth, B.A. (Com¬ 
municated by the Deputy-Adjutant-General, B.A.) 
Bemarks oil the Operations of the Boyal Artillery during the Campaigns, in 
New Zealand, in 1861 and 1863-1864, by Lieut. A. P. Pickard, pr®, B.H.A. 
Beport of the Ordnance Select Committee, on the trial of the 7" wrought-iron 
Guns rifled on various systems, No. 3575, dated 21st December, 1864. (Com¬ 
municated by direction of the Secretary of State for War). 
Beport of Ordnance Select Committee, No. 3730, dated 1st May, 1865. 
Competitive 7 // wrought-kon muzzle-loading Guns, 2nd Beport. (Communicated 
by direction of the Secretary of State for War). 
Beport of Ordnance Select Committee, No. 3841, dated 21st July 1865. 
7" M. L. wrought-iron (competitive) Guns, rifled on different systems, 3rd Beport. 
(Communicated by direction of the Secretary of State for War). 
On the Construction of our Iron-clad Fleet, and a few remarks on Iron Shields 
for Coast Batteries, by Captain A. Harrison, B.A. 
Causes of the Deviation of Projectiles unconnected with rifling, by Lieut. 
W. F. Bichardson, B.E. 
Ancient Cannon in Europe. Part II. Prom a.d. 1351 to a.d. 1400. By Lieut. 
Henry Brackenbury, B.A., P.S.A., Assistant Instructor in Artillery, Boyal Military 
Academy. 
Method of measuring distances of Ships from Coast Batteries by means of the 
Electric Telegraph. (Communicated by Captain B. W. Haig, B.A.) 
4. Library .—The following list shews the books, plans, &c., purchased 
and presented during the year, and it will be seen that several valuable 
contributions have been received from the War Department. Two additional 
publications are now received periodically for the Beading Boom, viz. the 
Practical Mechanics Magazine, and the Geological and Natural History 
