§ SIR EDMUND COMMERELLasked the Financial Secretary at War, Whether his attention has been drawn to the great danger to the dockyard at Bermuda from the close proximity of the powder magazine, and its faulty construction and condition, which have been repeatedly represented by the Military and Naval Commanders in Chief, notably by the late Director of Fortifications; and, what steps are in contemplation to remedy such a serious danger to life and Government property?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, WAR DEPARTMENT (Mr. H. S. NORTHCOTE)Steps are in course of being taken for the construction of a new magazine, which shall supersede the magazine referred to in the hon. and gallant Officer's Question.