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REPORTS ON MOUNTING OP HEAVY ORDNANCE AT MALTA. 
( Continued .) 
Date. 
1878. 
Time employed. 
No. of 
Men. 
Remarks. 
Jan. 2nd, Wednesday... 
1.45p.m. 3.30p.m. 
50 
Advanced with gun up an incline 10 yds .; 
shifted stores across bridge. 
n 3rd, Thursday. 
8.45a.m. 11.45a.m. 
48 - 
Advanced with gun across bridge 23 yds., 
and partly turned corner. 
a n n . 
1.45p.m. 3.15p.m. 
48 
Shifted holdfast and capstan, turned cor¬ 
ner, and advanced -with gun 19 yds. 
n 4th, Friday. 
8.45a.m. 10.45a.m. 
46 
Advanced with gun 23 yds., and turned 
corner. 
1.45a.m. 3.30p.m. 
58 
Shifted holdfast and capstan ; advanced 
with gun 20 yds., and turned corner into 
emplacement, ready for mounting, and 
returned stores. 
R. M. CROFTON, 
MALTA, 
25th Jan., 1878. 
Lieut. R.A. 
Stores used for Transporting 38-ton Gun from 28th Nov., 1877, to 4th Jan., 1878, 
Nature of store. 
Size. 
No. in 
use. 
Remarks. 
f Single . 
18-in. 
1 
i t, , i Double . 
1 
Blocks, wood, Bothway s< 
2 
V Snatch . 
n 
1 
Crab capstan, complete ..... . 
_ 
1 
Crabs iron, double-purchase . 
_ 
1 
TTnnrlfjpikfiS, common, bevelled .. 
7 ft. 
4 
, , , c Fir. whole . 
10' x 17" x 3" 
11 
Planks, wood, 3 v, n if 
4' x 12" x 3" 
2 
moving guns. | 0 ' akj /; . 
10' x 17" x 3" 
1 
6' x 10" 
5 
Rollers, wood j Qak) iron _ bmmd . 
8' x 12" 
3 
Ropes, drag... 
Heavy. 
20' x 15" x 15" 
4 
fFir . 
4 
45 7 x 20" x 20" 
2 
Skids, wood < Q ak 
3'x 6" x 9" 
4 
(. ; 
3 7 x 4" x 4" 
4 
, ( Dartre . 
12" x 6" x 6" 
8 
Scotches, wood| Srrif ^i 
4 
Sleigh, special, for transporting 38-ton guns. 
Plino-s white rope, gun . 
9" x 16 7 
1 
1 
9" x 6 7 
1 
„ fift.irp. prim . .. 
1 
| For holdfast. 
// g ... Ml 1. . .. ••• 
Sling wagon... 
_ 
1 
Jacks, lifting, screw . 
__ 
2 
Gryns, complete, triangle . 
2 
n chain cables . 
3 
For holdfasts. 
a levers, wood . 
14 7 
1 
16' 
2 
8 7 
1 
Hammers, sledge . . ... . . 
2 
Pick and shovel . 
_ 
1 
Malta, 
26th Jan., 1878. 
B. M. CROFTON, 
Lieut. R.A, 
