§ COLONEL ARBUTHNOTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, If lie will be so good as to supplement his information as to the results of the Colonial Naval Defence Act by stating how many Royal Colonial Naval Reserve men and Volunteers are enrolled under that Act in the Colony of Victoria?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, in reply, said, on the 31st of December, 1877, the Naval Reserve Force of Victoria appeared to have numbered 348; but he was unable to state what its present numbers might be.