§ SIR CHARLES ADDERLEYasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Government are sending guns for the works already completed on the right bank of the St. Lawrence, opposite Quebec; whether the works on the north side are begun, and how far the proposed Vote of £9,000 is expected to go towards their whole estimated cost; and, whether any of the cost of arming these works is included in the Estimates of this year?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSENsaid, the Government had not yet sent out the guns. No new works have been commenced on the north side. The whole of the £9,000 would be applied to the completion of the works on the south side. There were sufficient guns in store for both the north and south sides, but the time for sending them out had not yet arrived.