§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he has received information that the Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, the new Minister of Militia, Canada, is considering the subject of the defences of Esquimalt; and whether it is likely that the Dominion Parliament 747 will be asked to vote money for the purpose of mounting the guns which are ready to be sent out by Her Majesty's Government?
§ MR. BRODRICKWe have no further official information, but, as I stated last week, I have reason to believe that Mr. Mackenzie Bowell is interesting himself in the subject of the defences of Esquimalt, and we have every confidence that the work will now be carried out.