§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORD (Woolwich)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether any vacancies have occurred in the Naval Ordnance Department since the, Secretary to the Admiralty stated that Naval Warrant Officers were to fill such appointments; and whether he can state the nature of the appointments he proposes to offer to Naval Warrant Officers.
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. PRETYMAN,) Suffolk, WoodbridgeThe two vacancies which now exist and which are for Assistant Naval Store Officers are not of such a nature as to 1111 render it possible with advantage to the service to fill them from the Warrant Officer's List, nor do these posts come within the scope of the Committee's recommendation referred to in the answer given by the Secretary of the Admiralty to a previous question. This recommendation was in reference to storeholders only. The whole question of the staff at the outports is now referred to a sub-committee who are visiting the ports and no fresh appointments will be made until their report has been received.