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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
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Weight. 
Length. 
Form. 
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Remarks. 
lbs. oz. 
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40-pr. 
24 
steel 
45 4 
10-25 
round 
headed 
5 
600 
1 3 
12 R 
2"-45 
Indent 2"-45; diameter 5"’55.' Worked up the 
rim of plate at top of target half an inch. 
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25 
wrought 
iron 
43 0 
9-25 
flat 
headed 
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55 
” 
"•65 
Indent "’65 ; diameter 3"-9 x4"*8. 
t 
110 -pr 
26 
cast iron 
110 8 
12-25 
service 
14 
200 
0 24 
10 R 
2 /, -15 
Struck at the bottom of the 2nd plate from the 
top, grazing the lower riveting. A semi¬ 
circular crack extended for an area of 
12" x 22". The plate was driven -7" in a 
length of 1 ft. 8". Diameter of indent 6"‘5. 
At the back, one rib with its angle-iron was 
cracked in two places, and a through bolt 
(not covered by armour plate) was broken. 
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3) 
27 
wrought 
iron 
116 8 
11-25 
flat 
headed 
55 
12 R 
2"-3 
Hit the third plate 5'"5 from the top. A crack 
extended from the bulge nearly to the bot¬ 
tom of the plate. Indent 6"-7x6"-6. The 
riveting was cracked across in two places 
and forced up for a length of 2 ft. 6", and 
the plate was driven in 1". At the back a 
rib was broken, and the one referred to last 
round was broken in a fresh place. The 
skin was broken for a short distance and a 
joint strip was forced out. The shot set up 
3"-25. 
t 
55 
28 
cast iron 
110 8 
12-25 
service 
400 
0 42 
8 R 
Missed. 
t 
55 
29 
55 
55 
» 
10 R 
1"*7 
Hit the lower plate 1ft. from the top. The 
riveting started in a length of 3 ft. and 
cracked along its centre for a length of 2 /- 7". 
The plate was cracked at the back through 
half its thickness, as seen at the outer end. 
At the back, one of the ribs was broken from 
its outer rivet-hole to the outside, and two 
angle-irons were cracked. The skin slightly 
bulged out. 
t 
55 
30 
wrought 
iron 
117 1 
11-25 
flat 
headed 
0 44 
13 R 
2 "- 
Struck on the projecting riveting between 
the lower and third plates. The riveting 
was cracked across in two places and com¬ 
pressed at point of impact. A semi-circular 
crack at a distance of 1ft. from point of im¬ 
pact. At the back, a rib and two angle- 
irons cracked through, one rivet in angle- 
iron broken, and skin cracked across from 
rib to rib. Shot broke up into several 
pieces. 
t 
J5 
31 
cast iron 
110 8 
12-25 
service 
}) 
600 
1 6 
8 R 
Missed. 
t 
110 -pr 
32 
55' 
55 
10-25 
1 12 
l"-65 
A crack 1 ft. long from the point of impact, 
1 ft. of the riveting under the bulge dam¬ 
aged, 2'"5 being broken off. The riveting 
was cracked across at 2 ft. from front of im¬ 
pact. At the back, one rib and angle-iron 
cracked and the skin slightly bulged. 
t 
55 
33 
wrought 
iron 
117 11 
11-25 
flat 
headed 
55 
1 13 
12 R 
2 " 
Hit the broken plate, a crack 15" long at 13" 
from point of impact, also another crack 
from a bolt-hole to the top of the plate at 
a point 2 ft.l"-5 from impact. At the back, 
two rivets of the lower stringer were broken, 
an angle-iron and rib broken, and the skin 
cracked round a rivet hole. Shot set up 
3 //- 75. 
* Mr Samuda’s target. f Mr Scott Russell’s. 
