§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he will lay upon the Table of the House, at least a fortnight before the Navy Estimates are moved, in the form of a Blue Book similar to that of Navy (Health) annually laid before the House, the Report of the operations of the Admiralty for the past financial year, together with propositions affecting expenditure for the ensuing year?
§ MR. W. H. SMITH,in reply, said, that the hon. and gallant Member was aware that the Blue Book relating to the health of the Navy related to matters which occurred in the previous and not in the current financial year, and, in fact, was a mere historical document. It would be inconvenient to carry out the hon. and gallant Gentleman's proposal.