§ MR. MARRIOTTasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he can give the number of the boats already sent from this Country for the Nile Expedition, the cost of each boat, and the several amounts paid for transporting such boats from the places where they were made to the port of embarkation from this Country to Alexandria, and from Alexandria to their ultimate destination?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONEight hundred boats were obtained at an average price delivered at the port of embarkation of £85. They were sent from this country to Alexandria at a cost of £20 each, and their transmission from Alexandria to Halfa cost £40 each.