THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, I promised my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester (Mr. M. Gibson), that I would to-day state the course which the Government proposed to take with respect to the consideration of the Estimates, and the making the annual financial statement. My right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty will, I believe, lay upon the table of the House to-morrow the Navy Estimates, and they will be distributed among hon. Members in a complete printed form on Wednesday. I believe the Army Estimates also will be laid upon the table of the House on that day, and that upon Thursday or Friday morning—if not a complete form—at all events an abstract of the principal items will be placed in the hands of hon. Members generally. Now, I collected from what passed on a previous evening, that it was the wish of the House that the annual financial statement should be made before these Estimates had been taken into consideration, and under the circumstances I should propose to fix Friday next for making that statement.