§ MR. BAXTERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If it is intended to carry out the recommendation of the Select Committee on the Purchases of Public Departments, by placing the Purchases of the Works Department of the Admiralty under the control of the Purchase Department?
§ MR. HUNT, in reply, said, that the Admiralty were desirous of carrying out the recommendations of the Committee, and that the details were being inquired into, but that the amount involved was very insignificant.