§ SIR FRANCIS GOLDSMIDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether he can, on or before Monday, lay upon the Table a Statement specifying the works towards which the £2,000,000 proposed to be voted for Fortifications are to be applied, and showing the probable cost of completing such works?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTsaid, the reason why the Government had asked for the money in the mode they had done, was that, if they had asked for it in the Committee of Supply it would be necessary to include the moneys in the Appro- 282 priation Act, which would close their operations by the 31st of March next, instead of which they wanted to go on with the works for a year, taking advantage of the following summer. With regard to the detailed statement asked for, he had already drawn up such a statement, which had been laid on the table of the House, and would, lie hoped, be printed and circulated to-morrow morning.