HC Deb 22 February 1867 vol 185 c812
MR. SERJEANT KINGLAKE

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether any Report has been made by a Committee of Officers appointed by the Secretary of State for War in 1865, to inquire into the storage of Gunpowder in Government Magazines; and whether any alteration has been or is about to be made in the system of storing Gunpowder in public or private Magazines?

GENERAL PEEL

said, in reply, that a Report was made by the Committee of 1865, and they estimated the cost would be £151,000 for the removal of the principal magazines. No steps had been taken on that Report on account of the inquiry which was going on as to the desirability of protecting gunpowder by Mr. Gale's process.