§ Return ordered—
§ "Showing, in regard to Ships launched since January 1883, the estimated and actual Speed and estimated and actual Horse-power:—
| Ship's name. | |||
| Launched. | Date. | ||
| Completed | |||
| From. | Periods in Commission. | ||
| To. | |||
| Designed by. | Engines and boilers. | ||
| Contractor. | |||
| Dates. | Why repeated. | Official Steam Trials. | |
| Nature of casualty, &c., or of non-fulfilment of contract. | |||
| Forced. | Draught. | Estimated in design of Ship. | Speed. |
| Natural. | |||
| Forced. | Draught. | Reported on measured mile. | |
| Natural. | |||
| Forced. | Draught. | Present estimated continuous steaming | |
| Natural. | |||
| Forced. | Draught. | Estimated in design of Ship. | Indicated Horse-power. |
| Natural. | |||
| Forced. | Draught. | Reported on measured mile—actual. | |
| Natural. | |||
| Forced. | Draught. | Present estimated continuous steaming | |
| Natural. | |||
| Duration of steaming at contract horse-power before receipt. | |||
| Particulars. | Subsequent defects of importance reported up to 1st day of January 1890 in machinery or boilers. | ||
| Cost of making goo | |||
| Date. | Boiler. | Renewals of tubes replaced subsequent to receipt of engines, due to defective material. | |
| Number. | |||
| Date. | Condenser | ||
| Number. | |||
| Occasions on which measured mile speed and horse-power have since been developed. |
§ —(Lord Randolph Churchill.)