§ COLONEL HUGHES-HALLETT (Rochester)asked the Surveyor General of the Ordnance, Whether, with regard to the 45,000,000 Boxer Martini-Henry cartridges made yearly, the cartridge cases are manufactured entirely by the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, or whether any are made for the Government by private manufacturing firms, and if he will give the names of the firms; and, if he can state the cost per 1,000 at which they are manufactured for the Government, either by the Royal Arsenal or by a private firm?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)I am informed that the whole of the rolled-case cartridges for the Martini-Henry Rifle are manufactured in the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich, and that their cost is £3 2s. per 1,000 B.S. No. 1.