§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that a portion of the new machinery at Haulbowline Dockyard has been erected in the open: and whether, in order to protect this machinery from exposure to the weather during winter, and at the same time to give much-needed employment, the Admiralty will consider the advisability of constructing the necessary shed without delay?
THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Sir U. KAY-SHUTTLE-WORTH,) Lancashire, ClitheroeTwo machines have been erected in the open, near the dry dock, in a position convenient for repairing ships. Light protections are to be put over them in the manner customary in many private shipyards. Provision is contemplated in next year's Estimates for a suitable shed for covering these and certain furnaces and slabs which are to be added to the equipment of the Haulbowline Dock.