§ SIR JOHN DORINGTON (Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury)asked the Secretary of State for War, in reference to the Return just presented of the number of rifled guns that have burst or failed, What proportion of the 31 guns there mentioned bear to the total number of guns in the possession of the Army and Navy during the years specified in that Return?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)The number of guns in posses- 1726 sion of the Army and Navy during the years specified is 9,322. The total ratio borne by the 31 guns that have failed in any way whatever is about 0.3 per cent of the whole.