§ CAPTAIN COLOMB (Tower Hamlets, Bow, &c.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, If he could state to the House 184 the date of the establishment of the Military Intelligence Department of the War Office; the date of the establishment of the Naval Intelligence Department of the Admiralty; the actual expenditure incurred for the Military and Naval Intelligence Departments respectively since their establishment down to the end of the financial year, 1886–7; the actual expenditure incurred for our Military Attachés abroad between the date of the establishment of the Military Intelligence Department and the end of the financial year, 1886–7; and the actual expenditure incurred for our Naval Attachés abroad between the date of the establishment of the Naval Intelligence Department and the end of the financial year, 1886–7?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)If my hon. and gallant Friend will move for the information he wants, it will be granted as an unopposed Return.