THE COMMISSION ON COLONIAL DEFENCES.
This Royal Commission is continuing to hold occasional meetings in London. Colonel Lovell, R.E., who, accompanied by Lieutenant Hussey, proceeded to British Columbia a few months ago, by order of the Imperial authorities, in order to examine and report upon the condition of the defences there, has now returned. He considers Esquimalt untenable in the event of an attack by hostile vessels, and recommends the erection of certain defensive works at Nanaimo, whioh is the coaling station of the British navy in the North Pacific. Lieut.-Colonel Strange, B. A., Dominion Inspector of Artillery, visited British Columbia at the same time on behalf the Canadian Government, and the understanding is that in the event of the Imperial Government erecting the fortifications and placing the necessary guns in position, the Dominion Government will undertake the maintenance of the defences, and will raise a corps of Artillery to garrison them.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1835, 9 January 1880, Page 3
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152THE COMMISSION ON COLONIAL DEFENCES. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1835, 9 January 1880, Page 3
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