§ *MR. WEIRI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether the Lee-Metford rifle has been issued to the Royal Naval Reserve; and, if so, to what stations?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. GOSCHEN,) St. George's, Hanover SquareThe Lee-Motford rifle has only been issued to Her Majesty's drill ships Medea and Medusa, on board which Officers and men of the Royal Naval Reserve drill. This rifle will probably be issued to the remaining seven drill ships and all the Royal Naval Reserve batteries between June and December 1897.