§ MR. BUCHANAN (Edinburgh, W.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is the new arrangement with regard to ordnance stores in Scotland consequent on their proposed removal from Edinburgh; what will be the amount and the character of the additional barrack accommodation thereby obtained in Edinburgh; have the proposed changes met with the approval of the Military Authorities in Edinburgh; and will the correspondence that has passed between them and the War Office be laid upon the Table?
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. BRODBICK,) Surrey, GuildfordUnder the new arrangements, which have met with the entire approval of the Military Authorities, guns and carriages will be stored at Leith Fort, while all other ordnance stores for the South of Scotland will be concentrated at Stirling, partly in the Castle and partly in some new store-houses at Forthside. The removal of the stores from Edinburgh Castle will enable accommodation to be provided for a hospital and for two warrant officers. It is not proposed to 381 present any of the correspondence on the subject.