§ SIR EDWARD J. REEDasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, If he will be good enough to state what facilities will be offered to those Members of Parliament who may desire to see the drawings of Her Majesty's Ships of the Admiral class, which are now under construction, and for which Votes are asked in the Navy Estimates of the present year?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYArrangements will be made to enable Members of Parliament to see the drawings of the Admiral class at the Admiralty. An officer will be in attendance ready to offer the necessary explanations at any time which hon. Members may appoint by letter to the Controller of the Navy.
§ SIR EDWARD J. REEDasked, Whether the experiments upon models of ships, which were conducted for the Admiralty by the late Mr. W. Froude, are being continued by his son, Mr. R. E. Froude; and, if so, in what place, at what annual expense, and under what conditions, also under what Vote and Sub-Vote of the Navy Estimates their expense is to be found; and, whether he will lay upon the Table of the House an annual Report upon the results obtained, together with such of Mr. Froude's Reports as may be useful! to naval architects and men of science generally?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYThe experiments are being continued by Mr. R. E. Froude at Torquay, at an annual cost of about £2,000. The expense is chargeable to the experimental item of Vote 10, Section 2.