§ MR. J. H. YOXALL (Nottingham, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what were the contract dates for delivering the two battleships of the Canopus class entrusted to private dockyards according to the programme of 1896–97; and what were the contract dates for delivering the casemate plates for the three battleships of the same class and programme building in Government dockyards?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. W. E. MACARTNEY,) Antrim, S.The contract dates for the delivery of the ships building in private yards are:—Glory, 11th August 1899; Albion, 15th August. 1899. The contract dates for complete delivery of the casemates for the dockyard ships are:—Ocean, 7th February 1898; Canopus, 28th April 1898; Goliath, 28th April 1898.