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REPORTS ON MOUNTING OE HEAVY ORDNANCE AT MALTA. 
Return of Stores used in Landing and Transporting No. 15 38-ton M.L.R. Gun 
from Catcarra Creek to Fort San Rocco. 
Malta, Feb. 1878. 
Description. 
No. 
Remarks. 
-Camp Equipment. 
Section II. 
Axes, pick, helved 
Mauls, wood, iron-bound, helved ... 
Shovels, helved, universal. 
Spades, helved, common . 
Section III. — Tools, Artificers'. 
1 :::::::::::;:;:::::::::;: 
Section IV. — Miscellaneous. 
I Treble, 18-in. 
Blocks, wood, Bothway’s < " 
V, Snatch a . 
Cans, tin, oil, feeding.quart. 
Chain, 1-in. cable . fms. 
Cordage, white, hawser, To"^ n . " 
• 3 strand. 1 % ” . " 
Cordage, tarred, hawser, 3 strand, 2J-in. „ 
// yarn, spun, hemp.lbs. 
Grease, fenners. « 
C 7-ft 
Handspikes, common < f .. 
Jacks, hydraulic, Tangy’s, to lift 30 tons . 
Kegs, for grease, f ..whole 
Oil, mineral.quarts 
Section V. — Ordnance. 
Capstan, crab, complete . 
Carts, with wheels . trench 
’Clinometers. 
Limbers, complete with shafts and wheels. 
r nalr <12'xl7"x3"... 
Planks 3 Uak . I 4'xl2"x3".. 
(. Stacking projectiles 7' x 12'' x 3 // ... 
Posts, picquet, garrison.6-ft. 
P Oak, T.B. 8' x 12" . 
Rollers, wood < Elm 6' x 10" . 
(. Sabicu 3' x 3" . 
Ropes, drag, heavy . pairs 
/'Large . 
scotches, wood jSi™..;;;; 
CWith handles. 
20' x 15" x 15" . 
18' x 12" x 12" . 
6' x 12" x 12" . 
3'x 9" x 6" . 
3'x 8" x 3" . 
3'x 6" x 6" . 
3' x 4" x 4" . 
3'x 3"x 3" . 
f9"xl6' . 
Slings, white rope . <9"x 3' .. 
(.6" x 10' .. 
“|gu s “ 
Anchors. 13 cwt. 
i' . 9 cwt. 
Sleigh, service, special . 
Wrenches, iron, double-purchase. 
Skids. 
("Fir 
wood 
Oak 
2 
1 
2 
7 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
48 
226 
11 
16 | 
16 
3 
5 
4 
16 
2 
1 
2 
1 
7 
1 
2 
16 
6 
4 
12 
9 
10 
6 
6 
16 
20 
10 
1 
2 
1 
6 
5 
8 
10 
6 
8 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Digging holes for holdfasts, &c. 
Carrying earth, stores, &c. 
" « n 
Cutting rollers. 
| Digging holes and supporting planks. 
| Cutting rollers, &c. 
Oiling winch. 
Joining winch to holdfast 
Raising sleigh off broken rollers, &c. 
Moving gun along flat on first landing. 
Measuring slopes. 
Transporting chains, &c. 
^ Moving sleigh on. 
Holdfasts. 
^ On planks under sleigh. 
Moving carts with stores, &c. 
Scotching up behind rollers. 
Landing gun from lighters. 
Used as holdfast in a gateway. 
>Used for miscellaneous purposes. 
J 
} Holding winch to holdfast, tackle to 
f gun, &c. 
| Holding winches. 
| Holdfasts in road. 
Under gun. 
R. PIERCE, Master-Gunner, R.A., 
D. RADCLIFFE, Lieut. R.A., 
In Charge of Operations , 
