§ COLONEL ARBUTHNOTasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether any steps are being taken to provide dock accommodation for Her Majesty's Ships at Simon's Bay, Cape Colony; and, if there is any Correspondence on the subject, either at the Admiralty or Colonial Office, which can, without prejudice to the public service, be laid upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHSir, no steps have been taken to provide farther dock accommodation at Simon's Bay, and there is no Correspondence on the subject to produce. There is a patent slip 661 capable of taking small vessels at Simon's Bay, and there are basins at Table Bay and a dock in progress.