§ MR. HANBURYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Government of Victoria gave an order for about 5,000 of the magazine rifle when it was first adopted, but subsequently countermanded the order; and whether any new order has since been received from that Government for magazine rifles of a later mark?
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN,&c.) Stirling,My reply to the three points in the question is in the affirmative. The second order, which was for a very small number of rifles, has also been countermanded.