Stocks to Under-Secretary of State
War Office
27th June 1868
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of 16th Inst and to acquaint you in
reply for the information of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies that Targets or Mantlets are not supplied by this
Department to Volunteer Corps at Home or Abroad, but when
applications are made, a specification for a Target &c is given
to enable the Corps to obtain the proper Pattern from private sources.
Sir John Pakington has therefore directed that the enclosed
drawings and specifications should be forwarded in order to
comply as far as possible with His Grace's recommendation, and
to enable the Volunteers of
Vancouvers Island to obtain the
Targets they require from the Trade.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant
M.E. Stocks
Minutes by CO staff
At once.
Other documents included in the file
Rogers to Crown Agents,
3 July 1868, asking them to ascertain
the cost of the targets specified by the War Office.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F. Rogers
Will [it] not be as well to ascertain the cost for the Gov
rs
information.