§ MR. HANBURY-TRACYsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, If his attention has been called to the present condition of the Royal Naval Reserve; and if it is his intention to introduce any measure to increase its efficiency?
§ MR. CHILDERS, in reply, said, his attention had not been called in any specific manner to the condition of the Reserve; but that he would state the course which the Admiralty proposed to adopt with regard to it when he moved the Navy Estimates.