§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he can state the average annual sum spent in the maintenance and upkeep of the Castles of Edinburgh, Stirling, and Blackness, during the ten years 1889–98, excluding sums spent on new barrack accommodation in these places.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe annual average charge during the last sixteen years for the maintenance and upkeep of the castles named in the question, excluding new services, has been £1,537.