§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, if he will state whether the Lee-Metford magazine rifle to be issued to the Volunteers next year will have the Mark 1 bolt head or the Mark 2, Penn-Deely Patent, bolt head?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)The Rifle to be issued to the Volunteers is not a Lee-Metford magazine rifle, but a Martini-Henry rifle with a Lee-Metford barrel. There is, therefore, no bolt.