§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Lee-Metford magazine rifle, Mark No. 1, can be converted into Mark No. 2; if so, is it proposed to make this conversion, 912 and what would be the cost per rifle to do so?
§ *MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANMark 1 of the Lee-Metford rifle does not admit of conversion to Mark 2; but experience has proved that the Mark 1 rifles now in the hands of the troops and in store are thoroughly serviceable weapons.