§ MR. PIRIEI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty with reference to the Naval Works Act, 1897, if he would state the expenditure during each of the years since the passing of the Act in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, and the estimated expenditure in each of the three countries for the coming year under that Act?
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir, I am unable to give this information, as the Navy Accounts are not kept in such a form as to show it.