§ MR. G. BENTINCKasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it was not the intention of the Government last year to sell or pull down the barracks at Christchurch; whether they were deterred from doing so by the intervention of His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief; and, whether it is not the practice to advertise for tenders for contracts for the repairs in barracks; and, if so, whether that course was pursued in the case of the repairs now executing in the barracks at Christchurch; and, if so, in what papers such tenders were advertised?
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, in reply, that there was no intention to sell or pull down the barracks at Christchurch. The repairs were being executed under the triennial contract made in 1868, the tenders for which were advertised in the Builder, Building News, Portsmouth Times, and Hampshire Advertiser.