ADMIRAL MAYNE (Pembroke and Haverfordwest)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether the experiments mentioned by him as being carried out last year at Portland, to ascertain how far the recommendations of the Coaling Committee of 1885 can be practically applied, had resulted in any decision on 1502 the part of the Admiralty to take any steps to improve the present notoriously faulty arrangements for coaling Her Majesty's ships in the Home ports?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)A commencement was made this year in giving effect to the recommendations of the Committee, and a further advance will be made in the forthcoming financial year.