§ MR. CHANCE (Kilkenny, S.)asked the Secretary of State for War, What was the cost incurred by the production of the Enfield-Martini rifles lately issued and condemned or abandoned; and, whether the Lee-Burton and Leo magazine rifles will be submitted to independent criticism before being manufactured?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)Although the accounts have not yet been made up in detail, it is estimated that the Enfield-Martini rifles cost 45s. each. They have neither been condemned nor abandoned. the Lee-Burton and Lee magazine rifles are about to be issued for thorough trial by the Army and Navy before either pattern is adopted.