§ COLONEL ALEXANDER (for Sir CHARLES RUSSELL)asked the Secretary of State for War, When it is intended to issue the Henry-Martini Rifle to the Militia and the Militia Reserve?
MR. CHILLERSNot this year, Sir; but I am arranging to increase the stock of Martini-Henry rifles so as to be able to issue them gradually to the Militia, regiment by regiment, when the Snider 507 rifles are exhausted. No Snider rifles have been manufactured for some years past, and the reserve is now low.