§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN (Kent, Faversham)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he is aware that the supply of mutton for the soldiers stationed at Lydd, in Kent, comes entirely from abroad; that the contract price is 5d. per pound; that this is the price now obtainable by the home producers of the district; and, whether the contract has been offered to and refused by them?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF ORDNANCE (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)(who replied) said, the contract was put up to public competition by advertisement, and was secured by a butcher in the neighbourhood. He could not say how much was paid for mutton; but the price paid for meat for the barracks was nearly 6d. per pound all round.