§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War when the second order for magazine rifles was given by the Government of Victoria; whether this second order was, like the first, countermanded; and on what grounds was it withdrawn?
§ *MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe Government of Victoria gave their second order for magazine rifles on the 23rd February, 1892, and it was countermanded on the 6th April following. No reasons were given for the withdrawal of the order.