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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Stores used 
in packing 
the battery. 
List of the 
loads of the 
eighteen 
sleds for a 
half-bat¬ 
tery. 
Before the packing of the battery was commenced, a few lessons in 
simple lashing were given to the non-commissioned officers. 
Bor the packing of the battery a large supply of the following stores 
was demanded and supplied, viz., 
Timber 4". 
Eope, white, and 1". 
Eope, tarred, }". 
The tarred rope was found to be so stiff from the intense cold, that it 
was almost useless. 
Previous to commencing the packing a certain amount of arrange¬ 
ment had to be made, in order that none of the loads should exceed 
1 ton in weight. Consequently the load that each sled had to carry 
was arranged beforehand, so that the whole packing, was done in a 
single day without any trouble or confusion. 
The following is a list of the loads of the eighteen sleds :— 
No. 1. Gun on carriage (wheels removed), pair of shafts, drag- 
ropes, &c. 
No. 2. Gun on carriage, pair of shafts, tents, &c. 
No. 3. Gun on carriage, pair of shafts, drag-ropes, small'stores, &c. 
No. 4. One limber body, and two limber boxes, pair of shafts, 
2 pair of wheels. 
No. 5. One limber body, four limber boxes, pair of wheels, wheelers' 
tools. 
No. 6. One limber body, four limber boxes, pair of wheels. 
No. 7. "Wagon body with four boxes, pair of wheels, spare perch. 
No. 8. Wagon body with four boxes, pair of wheels. 
No. 9. Wagon body with four boxes, two limber boxes, pair of 
wheels. 
No. 10. One limber body and two boxes; one limber body, three 
wheels. 
No. 11. One limber body and boxes; one limber body, tw T o pair 
of wheels. 
No. 12. Seven wheels, three pair of shafts. 
