§ MR. YERBURGH (Chester)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War what was the reserve of field and horse artillery ammunition in this country when the South African Republic declared war, and how many rounds per gun were sent with the batteries which went from India to Durban; and whether, in order to make up the artillery ammunition required for the war recourse was had to foreign manufacturers.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMIt is not desirable to state definitely the number of rounds of ammunition which are held in reserve in this country; but I may say that when war was declared in October last that authorised reserve was in existence. Five hundred rounds per gun were sent with the batteries which went from India to Durban. The answer to the second paragraph of the question is in the negative.