§ MR. MANSFIELD (Lincolnshire, Spalding)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can say what horses have been purchased during March, and from what countries they have been drawn.
LORD STANLEY1,245 horses were purchased in Great Britain and 183 in Ireland during March. It is not possible to state the exact number of horses purchased abroad, as the accounts for 12 March are not yet to hand, but 6,546 horses were shipped from Fiume; 5,365 from the United States of America, and 751 from Canada.
§ MR. MANSFIELDI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will say what horses have recently been purchased at Preston: and whether those purchased were sent to Carlisle to be inspected and then sent to Aldershot; and, if so, why was this expense incurred.