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On the 12tli December, 1888, the Senate of the United States voted a sum of 
10 million dollars (£2,000,000) for the construction of 250 dynamite projectors 
for the defence of the coast. It is also believed that the British Government 
intends to give a trial to the system, the place of the experiment having not 
however been yet determined. 
The Engineer states that five European States, several South American Bepub- 
lics, together with the Governments of China and Japan, have sent representatives 
to Birmingham to examine and report on the manufacture of Mr. Graydon’s 
gun. 
