MR. E. T. GOURLKY (Sunderland)I beg to ask the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, if it is true that the piston rods of H.M.S. Hornet have broken; and whether it is the fact that the maker's original design and arrangements of these pistons were refused by the Admiralty, and altered to suit their views, and, this being the cause, of the breaking, they are now being fitted according to the maker's original design; if so, do the Admiralty pay for the alterations?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe reply to both parts of the question is in the affirmative.