The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 72

The raid of the Russian cruiser 'Kaskowiski', an old story of Auckland, with an introduction and appendix on colonial defence

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [title page]
  • Past and Present Views on Britain's Naval Defences
  • Preface
  • Contents
• • Introduction
  • War with Russia. — A Calamity for Auckland. — Hostile Visit of a Russian Ironclad. — Seizure of Gold and Hostages
  • Wanted—An Australasian Squadron. — A Cry of Twenty Years Since p. 21
• • Appendix p. 24
    • On Raiding Cruisers and Australasian Defences p. 24
    • Defensive Unity of the Australasian Colonies. — Obsolete Weapons p. 25
    • Torpedoes and Submarine Mines
    • The Mother Country and the Colonies
    • The Royal Australasian Squadron. — A Contrast Between Now and 1873 p. 26
    • Colonial Subsidies to the Royal Australasian Squadron
    • The Australian Colonial Navy
    • Naval and Military Forces in the Principal British Colonies. — Australasia p. 27
    • Forces of Cape Colony p. 28
    • Forces of the Dominion of Canada
    • Great Britain's Stake on the Seas. — Mercantile Marine of the World. — Value of British and Colonial Shipping and Commerce
    • More Fast Cruisers Wanted
    • The Armies and Navies of Europe. — Military Forces
    • The British Army at Home and Abroad p. 29
    • The Peace and War Forces of Russia and France Germany, Austria, and Italy
    • Other European Land Forces p. 30
    • Forces of the Nations of the World and their Cost
    • The British Navy p. 31
    • Lord Charles Beresford's Programme
    • Proposed Purchase of the Island of Lemnos p. 32
    • Naval Strength of England, France, and Russia, Ships Built and Building
    • Cruisers
    • Torpedo Boats
    • Warships of Other Powers
    • Growth of Torpedo Boats of the Three Great Powers p. 33
    • Royal Naval Reserve Merchant Cruisers
    • New Demand for High Speed
    • Permanent and Volunteer Forces of New Zealand p. 4
    • Obligations of the British Navy p. 35
    • Scarcity of Engineers for the Navy
    • Expenditure for Naval Construction in Britain France and Russia in 1894
    • Coaling Stations for Warships Protecting Trade Routes
    • Lord Roberts on Sympathetic Relations with the Colonies
    • A Prominent French Statesman Prophecies War p. 36
    • Progress of the New British Warship. — The Latest Orders for 120 Vessels p. 37
    • Is a General Disarmament Probable?
    • Postscript
  • "The Angel of the Revolution." — A Tale of the Coming Terror p. 38
  • England's Friends in the Mediterranean p. 39
  • [advert] p. 4
  • The Public Trust Office of New Zealand
    • [introduction]
    • Its Constitution and Objects
    • Its Security.—Capital Funds and Interest Guaranteed
  • Crown Lands of New Zealand
  • [advert]

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