§ MR. H. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN (Kent, Faversham)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether steps are being taken, or will be taken, to enlarge the docks at Sheerness, so as to obviate the necessity for large ships having to go to Chatham?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe Admiralty are at the present time considering a suggestion to lengthen one of the docks at Sheerness for accommodating vessels of a certain class, as it is proposed by the present Board of Admiralty to build vessels of a larger size at Sheerness than have hitherto been constructed there.