§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORD (Marylebone, E.)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether all the details of the naval ordnance stores issued to the Fleet during the recent preparation for manœuvres were complete in all details; and, if not, to what extent they were short of establishment, giving the quantity and description of ordnance store deficient?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)The ordnance stores supplied to the Fleet were complete in all important particulars, with the exception of the ammunition for the small quick-firing guns, of which there is a considerable deficiency, which, however, is being rapidly made good.