§ COLONEL HUGHES - HALLETT (Rochester)asked the Surveyor General of the Ordnance, If he will state why the Boxer Martini-Henry cartridge, which has proved a failure and has been condemned as such, is still being manufactured in large numbers and used for class firing on a very considerable scale; and, who was responsible for the continuance of their manufacture in the first instance after their failure had been absolutely assured?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)The rolled cartridge has not been condemned for purposes of practice. The Military Authorities have decided that for active service solid-drawn cartridges will alone be issued; but for practice ammunition there are advantages, both as regards cost and weight, in the rolled metal cartridge case which, in the Secretary of State's opinion, fully justify the continuance of its manufacture and issue.