§ MR. OSBORNEasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the manufacture of new Bronze Field Guns, adopted last year by the War Department, has lately been abandoned, and on what grounds?
§ SIR HENRY STORKSreplied that the manufacture of bronze guns had been temporarily suspended in consequence of certain defects in the casting of these weapons, the causes of which defects were being investigated by a Committee, but had not yet been ascertained. In the meantime, wrought-iron guns with steel tubes were being manufactured.
§ MR. OSBORNEAre they muzzle or breech-loaders?
§ SIR HENRY STORKSThey are muzzle-loaders.