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REPORTS ON MOUNTING OF HEAVY ORDNANCE AT MALTA. 
R.E. Office, Cottonera, 
14th January, 1878. 
Account of Work 'performed by the Royal Engineer Department in connection 
with the Landing and Transport of three 38-ton Guns—two to Fort San 
Rocco, the other to Fort Ricasoli. 
A .— Transporting 38-ton Gun to Fort San Rocco. 
This gun was landed at the wharf near the gas works at Calcarra Creek* 
and transported thence by the road which leads past the Capuchin convent 
to Fort San Rocco. 
The services performed by the R.E. Department were as follows :—■ 
1. To assist in landing the gun, a hole 2' 6" x 1' 6" x 2' 4", was exca¬ 
vated in the floor of a private house (opposite to where the barge with gun 
was brought alongside the wharf), to receive the fluke of an anchor, to which 
tackle was made fast. 
Compensation amounting to £1 10s. w T as made to the occupier of the 
house for the inconvenience and loss of time involved. 
2. In transporting the gun to San Rocco from landing place, similar 
sized holes were made to receive anchors along the side of the road at 
distances apart varying from 50 to 150 yds. 
