§ MR. J. R. YORKEasked the Secretary of State for War, To state to the 1910 House what is the quantity of gunpowder usually stored in the Hyde Park magazine; and, what precautions are used during its transport through the metropolis?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, that he was rather glad to relieve the minds of certain timid riders and drivers from the dread of being blown up in passing the magazine in Hyde Park. That magazine had never any store of gunpowder in it at all, except in the shape of small arms ammunition, and it had been proved by most careful experiments that that kind of ammunition would not blow up én masse, and if one cartridge exploded it would not necessarily affect the others. It was, therefore, not considered necessary to take any special precautions. The removal of the cartridges to the magazine was always accompanied by an escort.
§ MR. J. R. YORKEasked the right hon. Gentleman to state what number of cartridges were stored there?