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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Nature 
of 
ordnance. 
Projectile. 
Charge in lbs. 
Elevation. j 
| Deflection. | 
Indent in ins. | 
Remarks. 
Nature. 
| Weight, j 
Dia¬ 
meter. 
150-pr 
cast-iron 
shot. 
lbs. 
150 
!) 
in. 
10-35 
jj 
2A* 
50 
» 
nih 
nil. 
nil. 
tively 1", and 5"; also one in the 
centre row of the same plate £". The shot 
broke up, and parts of the plate and shot 
were driven into the wood backing. No cracks 
on the plate; iron good; at the back, two 
vertical iron ribs cracked (one on each side 
of point struck); one of these ribs broken 
clean in two. Four bolt-heads broken off, 
two in centre plate, one in lower, below 
the seat of injury, and one to the right of 
lower plate, 3'5" from the point struck ; a 
rivet head gone near same place. Two 
angle-irons cracked. Iron shelf-piece carried 
away. Eleven rivet heads broken off. Skin 
much bulged, and a three-starred crack from 
the bolt-hole where struck. Serious bulge 
of skin over a space 1'6" x 1'6". General 
bend of inner surface over a space 3'6" x 3'6". 
Hit the top plate 17" from the bottom, and 
made a hole through the target; 13" x 12-5" 
being the diameter in armour plate. One 
edge of the hole was on a bolt which was 
driven out, and a crack extended from 
the bolt-hole parallel to, and 1*3" from the 
edge of the shot hole, for a quarter of its 
circumference. Eight bolts in this plate 
were now started, viz. three in the upper 
row, three in the lower, and two in the 
centre. There were no radiating cracks on 
the plate, but the quality of the iron was 
unequal, the exterior of the plate being 
good, but large crystals visible on the centre. 
Fracture laminated. The plate buckled *3" 
at its outer end, and the centre plate had 
now buckled 1"T at the end by the port¬ 
hole, but was set back into its place at the 
other end, where it had buckled £" the last 
round. At the top of the target, 1' of the 
backing was forced up 4 / '-2, and a filling-in 
piece 1T0" long was forced up 8"; also a 
horizontal wooden baulk, 1'7" to the rear, 
was quite cracked through. At the back, two 
bolt-heads broken off in centre plate, one in 
lower; large irregular hole; skin doubled 
back; pieces of shot clean through along 
with teak backing and fragments of plate. 
Hole and breakage 18" x 14". Solid timbers 
supporting the top of the target in rear 
(total thickness, 1'8"), cracked and splin¬ 
tered ; upright baulks of timber, 4 / 6" in 
rear, penetrated by splinters of iron; bolt- 
heads and rivet-heads picked up 36' in rear. 
Front portion of plate struck (bearing 
impression of blow), found 15' in rear of 
target. Effect partially concealed by the 
supporting beams at top, which suffered in 
being rent by blow. 
Struck the lower plate 5" from the top, and 
made a hole through the target, the diame¬ 
ter in front being 13". The plate buckled 
•5" at the outer end. Three cracks, each 
about 2-5" long from the edge of the hole, 
one extending to the top of the plate. Two 
bolts in the centre row had started respec- 
