§ MR. YOXALLI beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that the first two cargoes of meat supplied by Mr. Bergl under the new Army Contract were purchased in British Colonies but were shipped from the River Plate; and, was the transport of this meat or any of it, entrusted to Messrs. Houlder Brothers.
§ MR. BRODRICKI am not aware of any such purchases having been made. The earliest supplies under the new contract do not commence until the 1st April next.