§ SIR HENRY TYLER (Great Yarmouth)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether a 10-inch wire howitzer and a 9½2-inch wire gun were constructed last year at Woolwich; and, if so, what was the weight and cost of each of them; and, also, whether he would be so good as to describe, in regard to the rounds fired from each of these guns—(a) the weight of charge and nature of powder; (b) weight of projectile; (c) muzzle velocity for each round; and (d) the maximum powder pressure, with any other particulars of an interesting character; and, whether he will kindly afford, in an Unopposed Return, any information that he is unable to embody in the answer to this Question?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF ORDNANCE (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)(who replied) said: The two guns in question are entirely experimental, and the Secretary of State does not think it would be to the interest of the Service to publish the details asked for by my hon. and gallant Friend; but he will have no objection to give him such details confidentially for his own information.