§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty will he explain on what grounds the request of Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, to the Admiral in command of the Australian Station to arrange for periodical visits of one or more of Her Majesty's ships to the harbour of Melbourne was declined; and, whether he would consider the desirability, without derogating from the position of Sydney as the recognised head-quarters of Her Majesty's Fleet in Australian waters, of giving effect to the suggestion of Lord Brassey and the desire of the people of Melbourne, as embodied in that suggestion?
THE FIRST LORD OF THH ADMIRALTYThe Admiralty have no knowledge of any correspondence on this subject having passed between the Governor of Victoria and the Admiral in command of the Australian Station.