§ SIR J. COLOMB (Great Yarmouth)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty what progress has been made with the work of improving the coal depÔt at the Cape of Good Hope, the estimated cost of which, as shown in the Navy Estimates, 1899–1900, is £6,000, towards which amount £2,000 only was taken for that year.
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)The £2,000 provided last year was expended on improvements to the existing coaling ground. No further expenditure will be incurred on this project in view of the greatly increased coaling facilities included in the scheme for the new dockyard extension.