§ MR. LEAasked the Surveyor General of the Ordnance, If a specimen of a 1880 new time fuse was not submitted to the War Office by G. F. Jobson in 1869; if since that time large numbers have not been made upon this principle; and, if any reward has been given to Jobson for his invention; and, if not, why such reward has been withheld?
§ SIR HENRY STORKS, in reply, said, Mr. Jobson submitted a modified time fuse in 1869; but there is no proof whatever that his proposals or suggestions led to the introduction of any improvements into the service fuse. His claims to reward have been frequently considered and rejected. They were finally submitted to the Ordnance Council in January last, and it was decided that they were inadmissible.