§ SIR HENRY TYLER (Great Yarmouth)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he will refer to the Ordnance Committee with Special Associate Members, the following Questions:—What was the calculated bursting strain; what was the actual calculated strain under the charge with which the gun burst, in tons per square inch, for each of the guns that burst on board H.M.S, Active, Thunderer, and Collingwood; whether "jamming" of the shot, in consequence of the increasing twist of the rifling, be sufficient to account for the bursting of each of these guns; and, whether he will report the answers to these questions to the House?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (MR. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)I will take care that the information which he is desirous of obtaining shall be furnished to the hon. Member.