§ COLONEL HUGHES -HALLETT (Rochester)asked the Surveyor General of the Ordnance, If he will state the cost of solid-drawn cartridge cases per 1,000; whether these cases are made entirely at Woolwich, or by any private manufacturing firm, other than Muirhead, Latimer, Clark, and Co; and, whether it is not a fact that the solid-drawn cartridge can be used several times for making fresh cartridges, an advantage not possessed by the Boxer cartridge?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)The average cost of solid-drawn cases For Martini-Henry cartridges has been £2 7s. per 1,000, and £2 11s. for the Enfield Martini, and they have been made by several firms. No separate solid cases, but only complete cartridges, have been ordered from the particular firm in question. It is a fact that the solid-drawn cartridge case has the advantage over the rolled case that it can be used several times.