§ MR. DEASYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, If he will state the contract price per cask of the bacon now being supplied to the Navy by a Danish firm?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYIt is not usual to disclose the prices at which contracts are made.
§ MR. DEASYasked, Whether the Secretary to the Admiralty could give him an assurance that the tender made by a Cork firm was not lower than that made by the Danish firm?
§ [No reply.]