HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1880s → 1887 → April 1887 → 26 April 1887 → Commons Sitting → QUESTIONS.

WAR OFFICE (ORDANCE DEPARTMENT)—THE COMMITTEE ON DEFECTIVE CUTLASSES AND BAYONETS—THE EVIDENCE.

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§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)
asked the Secretary of State for War, When the Evidence of the Committee on Defective 12 Cutlasses and Bayonets will be issued to Members?

§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)
The Committee on Naval Cutlasses appointed their own Secretary, and I have not yet received from him the evidence taken by the Committee. I understand that it is under revision, and I will do my best to hurry on its production.