§ SIR EDWARD WATKIN (Hythe)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If H.M.S. Buzzard has required any, and what, repairs since her trial trip; and, having left England for Halifax on June 16, what time the Buzzard took in making the voyage?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)There were various adjustments required to the machinery of the Buzzard after her 96 hours full-power trial; but, with the exception of one slight defect in her cylinder, the repairs required both to hull and machinery were of a trivial nature. She was eight days making the passage to Madeira, and occupied 26 days in proceeding from that port to Halifax under the usual orders to use economical speed and to make use of her sail-power when it was feasible.