§ SIR SAMUEL WILSON (Portsmouth)asked the First Lord of the 894 Admiralty, Whether he will issue instructions that inquiries be made whether the gun practice at the batteries of Southsea may be so arranged, by firing only at targets in a line with ground having a firm bottom, that the shot may be recovered, thus giving profitable employment to thirty or forty fishermen, at a time when fishing is out of season, and also effecting thereby a saving of a considerable sum to the Country; and, if this be found to be the case, will the Government give the necessary instructions to have this alteration carried out?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)The suggestion seems a very reasonable one; and I have given directions that inquiry should be made of the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth if any such arrangement could be made.