§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for War if the persons who advised Major General Black to recommend the purchase of the hotel at the Peak, Hong Kong, for barracks at a cost of £39,000 are still consulted by the War Office; and, having regard to the value of the building when purchased, will care be taken that competent valuers are in future consulted under similar circumstances when the purchase of buildings by the War Office is in contemplation.
(Answer.) I have nothing to add to the answers I have already given the hon. Member on this subject.—(War Office.)