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MINUTES OE PROCEEDINGS OF 
APPENDIX, No. V. 
REPORTS ON RIFLING CAST-IRON GUNS. 
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Committee Minute, No. 942—20^-. 
Report, No. 762. 
Subject.—The enduring power of cast-iron hooped guns. The best plan of 
rifling such guns. 
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With reference to W.O. letter, 8th March, 1860, _s_ and 17th April, 1860, 2 . 
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Committee's Report. 
25th April, 1860. 
1. The Ordnance Select Committee think it due to themselves to point 
out respectfully to the Secretary of State for War, that the delays which 
have arisen in the course of their inquiry into the best method of rifling the 
cast-iron muzzle-loading guns of the service, and of increasing their strength, 
if at present insufficient, have arisen from causes beyond their control; and 
that they have not failed in exertions to bring this very important question 
to some practical solution. 
2. The Committee received notification from the War Office that each of 
the under-named gentlemen was to be allowed to rifle a service 32-pr. gun 
upon his own plan, but with a pecuniary allowance calculated to cover the 
expense, on the dates against their respective names ; and they add the dates 
on which the guns so rifled were reported to them as ready for trial, and 
other particulars. 
Name. 
When notified to 
Committee. 
Gun reported 
ready. 
First trial made. 
Mr B. Britten . 
Mr L. Thomas . 
Mr J. C. Haddan. 
Mr N asmyth. 
Mr Lancaster .. 
Mr Jeffery. 
Mr Whitworth. 
August 26, 1859 
„ 24,1859 
„ 19, 1859 
July 27, 1859 
August 17,1859 
December27,1859 
August 24, 1859 
October 19,1859 
„ 1, 1859 
March 16,1860 
Withdrawn. 
February 17, 1860 
„ 22, 1860 
Not yet reported. 
November 16,1859 
„ 15, 1859 
Not yet made. 
March 22, 1860 
C Trial waits completion of 
< experiments with Mr 
(. Jeffery’s other guns. 
In the case of Mr Haddan* and Mr Lancasterf, the projectiles were not 
ready until some time after the gun. Some time is necessarily required. 
* Projectiles received, 12th April, 1860. Weighed and returned to Principal Military Store¬ 
keeper, 18th April, 1860. Sent to Shoeburyness, 24th April, 1860. 
f Mr Lancaster’s projectiles not yet reported ready. 
