§ MR. BLACKI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state how many rifles and carbines have been supplied to His Majesty's troops for use in South Africa since 1st September, 1899, including the weapons in the hands of the troops stationed in South Africa at that date, and approximately how many rounds of small arm ammunition of all sorts have been supplied to the troops for use in South Africa.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Lord STANLEY, Lancashire, Westhoughton)The figures are roughly about 450,000 rifles and carbines, and about 240,000,000 of rounds of small arm ammunition.