LORD HENRY LENNOXasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether any of Her Majesty's Ships on the East Indian Station are provided with the electric light; and, if not, whether prompt steps will be taken to remedy so serious a defect?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANSir, of the ships on the East India Station, the Euryalus alone is of the class now usually fitted with the electric light, and she was not so fitted when she left England in August, 1878. The Hecla, now in the Red Sea, carries the electric light, and is at the disposal of the Admiral for any purpose requiring its use. We have not heard that he has used it. It is not intended to fit the electric light to the smaller class of ships of the Squadron.