§ *SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether a Return of British and Foreign Navies, similar to that moved for on 2nd June 1896, can be made this year?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. W. E. MACARTNEY,): Antrim, S.The Return of 1896, if brought up to the present date, would be incomplete and not contain very much more information than was given last year. There will be no objection to presenting later on a Return similar to that of last year.