On the Method of Plants

relief and refreshments; any Act, Order, or Custom to the contrary in
any wise notwithstanding.

WE the Committee of Enquiry, being Members of this present As-
sembly, being chosen to take a view of the defects and wants
of the King’s Castle Likely referring to Castle Cornet or a similar colonial fortification depending on the specific island context and Forts, do give our report as followeth.

The defects of the King’s Castle.

1st. We find the Court of Guard The guardroom or headquarters for the garrison and Palisades term: Palisadoes; defensive wooden fencing or stakes altogether out of
repair.
2ndly. We find the Platforms The flat areas or decks where cannons are mounted at the South-west-point, (which we look
upon to be of great use) are at present altogether unserviceable.
3rdly. We find the Roof of the Castle to be altogether unserviceable,
it being so leaky, that there is no securing of their small Arms from
damage.
4thly. We find the Powder-Room The magazine where gunpowder is stored much defective.
5thly. We find there is wanting upon the lower Platform, Wheels
and Carriages for one of the great Guns.

We the aforesaid Committee of Enquiry do humbly desire a speedy
repair of the defects, and supply of the wants, both of the King’s Castle
and Forts; and do humbly present our judgments, for the manner of
the repairing of the Court of Guard, Palisades, Platforms, and Roof
of the Castle.
1. We humbly think, that if the Wall of the Court of Guard be
made up wholly of Stone, and so the Roof laid upon it, it may be ve-
ry durable; it being so near to the Sea, that the Timber is subject to
damage.
2. We humbly judge, that there should be a Stone-wall made up against
the Palisades, breast-high, for security of those that serve with our
small Arms, as likewise to make a Port An opening or embrasure in a wall for firing weapons for the playing a Great Gun to
clear the Shore.