§ COLONEL HUGHES-HALLETT (Rochester)asked the Surveyor General of Ordnance, If he can state when the Return asked for on 20th September 1886, showing the Number, Description, Cost, &c, of the various Iron and Steel Guns supplied by the War Department to the Army and Navy respectively from 1855–6 to 1885–6, will be laid upon the Table of the House?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)This Return, the preparation of which has entailed much labour, will, it is hoped, be ready within the present month.