§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORD (Marylebone, E.)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he can inform the House whether the Committee of Admirals appointed to consider the lessons taught by the late Naval Manœuvres will report before the Shipbuilding Vote (No. 8) is discussed in the House; whether, considering the importance of the question, he will lay the Report of these Admirals upon the Table of the House; and, whether he will lay upon the Table a Paper showing any extra expenditure that may have been incurred by these Manœuvres?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)I doubt if the Report on the Naval Manœuvres will be completed before the discussion on the Navy Estimates; but I intend, when completed, to publish such parts of it as relate to the behaviour and qualities of the ships engaged, and to any defects which they may have shown. The cost of the expenditure associated with the Manœuvres is estimated at £60,000; but a large proportion of this would have had to be incurred independently of the Manœuvres.