§ SIR HENRY STRACEYsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for War, Why the Batteries at Great Yarmouth, for which a site was chosen and the land purchased and paid for by Government in the year 1859, and of which the importance to the general trade of the country in the North Seas was pointed out by the Secretary at War in a correspondence with the Mayor of Great Yarmouth, have not been erected?
SIR GEORGE LEWISsaid, the harbour of Great Yarmouth was not included in the schedule of the Act on Fortifications, and it was not intended to make any proposal for erecting works there in the Army Estimates of the current year. The works on the Humber and Mersey were thought to deserve the attention of Parliament; but it was not considered necessary to take a Vote for Great Yarmouth.