§ * SIR CHARLES DILKEI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admirality, whether arrangements could be made for the issue of an official narrative of the manœuvres of each year as soon as may be after the operations are concluded, and so much of the report of the umpire's as can be issued without prejudice to public interests.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. ARNOLD-FORSTER,) Belfast, W.There will be no objection to publishing the narrative of the manœuvres each year, shortly after the operations are concluded. The question as to whether the umpire's report, or any portion of it, shall be appended to the official narrative must be a matter for the decision of the Admiralty in each case.