§ MR. WILLIAM ALLANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if the repairs and alterations to the new Royal yacht were the subject of a tabulated estimate, or have they been carried out without any estimate of ultimate cost; if the former, what was the amount of the estimate; if the latter, by whose orders was the work entered upon without the cost being known.
§ MR. PRETYMANTabular statements of all alterations which were found to be necessary from time to time have been submitted, and detailed estimates 1149 of cost made out in connection with them. The total of these estimates cannot yet be given with certainty, as some of them have not yet been approved, and the work to which they relate has not been authorised. The authority to proceed with the work has been given by the Admiralty.
§ MR. FLYNN (Cork County, N.)Is there to be no limit placed on the expenditure on this Royal yacht?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!
§ MR. WILLIAM ALLANHas the hon. Gentleman any objection to laying on the Table a tabulated statement of the estimated cost for this year?
§ MR. PRETYMANI should like to have notice of that.