me, but the number of guns
available and the amount of ammunition are the limiting factors when a
plan of attack is being considered. There is, therefore, scarcely any
limit to the supply of ammunition that could be usefully employed. The
more ammunition, the bigger the scale on which the attack can be
delivered, and the more persistently it can be pressed.

Demands must, however, be reasonable, and our position would be very
greatly improved if our supply reached the figures in the attached
Table "A" within three months. Up to the present it has been below
these figures.

WANTED THREE MONTHS HENCE, SAY, AUGUST 1ST.

_Table "A."_

| Guns |Rounds per Gun | Total Rounds
Nature. |now in | per Day. |required Daily.[3]
|Country. |Shrapnel.| H.E. |Shrapnel.| H.E.
| | | | |
18-pdr. | 700 | 12 | 12 |8,500 | 8,500
13-pdr. | 125 | 12 | 12 |1,500 | 1,500
15-pdr. BLC. | 200 | 12 | 12 |2,500 | 2,500
4.7-in. gun | 80 | 8 | 8 | 650 | 650
60-pdr. | 28 | 8 | 8 | 250 | 250
5-in. howitzer | 50 | -- | 15 | -- | 750
4.5-in. howit- | 130 | 4 | 16 | 500 | 2,000
zer. | | | | |
6-in. howitzer | 40 | -- | 12 | -- | 500
9.2-in. howit- | 12 | -- | 12 | -- | 150
zer. | | | | |
| | | | 13,900 | 16,800
| | Grand Total | 30,700 daily.
| | Grand Total | 921,000 monthly.

[Footnote 3: Round numbers are given. Expansion
must be provided for at a similar rate. We need
more guns and a correspondingly larger amount of
ammunition.]

3. Table "B" shows the percentage of high explosive of
certain natures received since application for increased quantities
was made between September and December last.

PERCENTAGE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE RECEIVED SINCE FIRST APPLICATION FOR IT
IN INCREASED QUANTITIES.

_Table "B."_

Nature of Gun. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | March.| April.| May.
| Per | Per | Per | Per | Per | Per
| Cent.| Cent.| Cent.|