§ MR. DUFF (Banffshire)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he would state the number of guns above nine inches diameter that will be required to complete the armament of the vessels proposed to be built under the new programme of naval defence?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThe number of guns above 9 in. in diameter that will be required for the armament of vessels proposed under the new programme is as follows:—13½ in., 67 tons, 32; 10 in., 29 tons, 8; 9.2 in., 22 tons. 18—total, 38. This is independent of the reserve, which is in the proportion of one-eighth to the armament afloat.