§ CAPTAIN PIMrose to move that a Select Committee be appointed—
To inquire fully into the present Admiralty organization and its system of departmental and. general administration of the affairs of the Navy, as well as into the actual condition of the Navy and Maritime resources of the Country, to ascertain how far they meet the requirements of the Empire; and also into the administrative arrangements made by the First Lord of the Admiralty to insure the efficiency of the Naval Service, upon which depends the welfare and. safety of the Kingdom.The hon. and. gallant Gentleman declared that the proper administration of the Navy was not a Party question, and it was one of the deepest national importance. He was proceeding to remark that our squadrons in the China and. Japan seas were out-numbered. by those of other nations when—Notice taken, that 40 Members were not present; House counted, and 40 Members not being present,
§ House adjourned. at half after Seven o'clock.