§ GENERAL SIR GEORGE BALFOURasked the Surveyor General of the Ordnance, To state whether any corrupt practices have been recently discovered in connection with the department of contracts under the Director of Contracts, or in any other branch of the War Office; and, if so, whether punishments of a suitable kind have been inflicted on the guilty parties?
§ LORD EUSTACE CECILNo, Sir; but if any such practices were discovered, I have no hesitation in saying that the offenders would receive severe punishment.