HC Deb 02 March 1885 vol 294 c1751
MR. CARBUTT

asked the Surveyor General of Ordnance, If the Select Committee has reported on the bursting of the 6-inch gun on board H.M.S. Active; and, if so, could he lay a Copy of that Report upon the Table?

MR. BRAND

The Report in question has not vet been received by me.

MR. CARBUTT

asked, were the Government continuing to make these 6-inch guns exactly on the same principle as the one that had burst?

MR. BRAND

, in reply, said, that it had been decided to strengthen the guns.