§ MR. W. O. STANLEYsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, If the Board of Admiralty have any intention to sanction or support any fresh attempt to reach the North Pole by Spitzbergen or any other route, or recommend any grant of Public Money for that purpose?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETsaid, in reply, that the Admiralty, and, as far as he was aware, the Government, had had no proposal made to them of the nature to which his hon. Friend had alluded, and he could not, therefore, state what course the Government would pursue if so grave a proposal were made.