§ Resolutions [18th April] reported.
§ Resolutions 1 to 16, inclusive, agreed to.
§ Resolution 17.
§ In reply to Mr. D. JENKINS,
§ MR. J. G. TALBOTgave the details promised with regard to a sum of £2,000 as to the Richmond tender, as follows:—Wages, £700; Victualling, £500; Repairs, incidental to the maintenance of the vessel, £500; Stores and Incidentals, £300. As to the Charles Tunnell:—Wages of shipkeeper, and wages and victualling of crew when required also for any necessary repairs, £200. He added that the wear and tear of these vessels was necessarily very large in such a climate.
§ Resolution agreed to.
§ Resolutions 18 to 24, inclusive, agreed to.
§ Resolution 25.
§ MR. O'DONNELLrecommended the postponement of that and the two following Votes, on the ground that there had not been a fair opportunity for discussing them in Committee.
§ SIR HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSONcould not admit that the Committee were taken by surprise on Friday last, nor could he accept the proposal of the hon. Member to postpone the Votes. Supply was proceeded with in the ordinary manner, and it was perfectly competent for hon. Members to discuss the Votes at any length. He could not consent to any interference with the proper course of Business, simply because the hon. Member did not happen to have been present.
§ Resolution agreed to.
§ Remaining Resolutions agreed to.