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Captain Morgan said the principle of his design was this :—He 
assumed that they could not make a gun larger than a 1000-pr. by the 
present plan; they must stop short there for want of the means of 
constructing a larger gun sufficiently strong. It would then be a 
consideration whether it would not be advisable to sacrifice a large 
proportion of weight to attain their object, seeing that there was every 
probability of larger guns being required, owing to the great increase 
of force obtained relatively by every increase of size. 
Colonel Smythe, in the name of the meeting, thanked Captain Morgan 
for his interesting paper, saying that whatever results his design might 
lead to, it had been evidently well considered ; and that, at all events, 
the proper place for the discussion of that and all other suggestions on 
the subject of gunnery was the Koyal Artillery Institution. (Applause). 
The proceedings then terminated. 
