ADMIRAL MAYNE (Pembroke and Haverfordwest)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, considering the immense importance of Gibraltar to the Navy, Naval Officers were consulted as to the position and nature of new guns to be placed there; and, if so, whether they are in accord with the Royal Engineers on the subject?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingNaval opinion has been fully consulted as to the position and size of the guns to be placed at Gibraltar, for the Secretary of State for War has been anxious to obtain a full expression of opinion from Naval Officers before he decided the nature, size, and position of the armaments to be provided in any of the maritime stations under his control.