§ COLONEL MILWARD (Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in ordering sugar for consumption in the Navy, preference is given to colonial grown and British refined sugar.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. MACARTNEY,) Antrim, S.The reply is in the affirmative. British refined sugar only is used in naval hospitals and for the manufacture of soluble chocolate. Since 1892 cane sugar only has been bought for the use of the fleet.