§ MR. PERCY WYNDHAMasked the Surveyor General of Ordnance, If it was not the fact that of the draft of the 86th Regiment recently landed at the Cape the greater portion were under nineteen years of ago, while a great many were under eighteen?
§ SIR HENRY STORKSSir, the draft in question consisted of 39 men over 19 years of age, of 29 men between 18 and 19 years of age, and of two under 18 years of age, on embarkation. I may add that I know no country, whether from the salubrity of the climate or the nature of the service required of the troops, more calculated to develop and improve young soldiers than the Cape of Good Hope.