§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Lee-Metford rifle has now been issued to all of Her Majesty's drill ships on board which officers and men of the Royal Naval Reserve drill; and whether all the Royal Naval Reserve batteries have now been supplied with this rifle?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTYLee-Metford rifles have been issued for all drill ships and batteries of the Royal Naval Reserve, with the exception of the drill ships at Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, and Leith, and the batteries at Peterhead, Wick, and Lerwick. The remainder will be issued in the course of a few days.