§ MR. FORWOOD (Lancashire, Ormskirk)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if the Committee appointed by the late First Lord of the Admiralty to inquire as to the types of boiler best adopted for Her Majesty's ships has yet completed its investigations; and, if so, will he lay the conclusions before the House?
*SIR U. KAY-SHUTFLEWORTHThe information obtained by the Committee on Boilers, who have recently concluded their most valuable labours, was partly of a strictly confidential character; and the Report upon this evidence cannot, therefore, be made public. But, knowing the interest which my right hon. Friend has taken in the subject during his tenure of Office at the Admiralty, I shall be glad, privately, to show him the conclusions of the Committee.