§ COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what is the number of troops from this country now in Egypt; and if any field intrenchments or fortified barracks have been made or have been commenced in the last three months in Egypt?
§ *MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANAccording to the latest Returns, there were 5,637 British troops in Egypt. I am not aware of any field intrenchments or fortified barracks having been undertaken in Egypt; but some necessary repairs have been executed on a part of the defences which had become ruinous, and communications have been opened round the ramparts at Cairo.