§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the New Zealand coal being supplied for the use of the China Squadron is similar to that given in the Table of Analysis on page 351 of 868 the New Zealand Official Year Book for 1901, as produced at Coalbrookdale or to that produced at Westport.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. ARNOLD - FORSTER,) Belfast, W.The coal supplied to the China Squadron is that produced at Granite Creek, about twenty miles from Westport. Coalbrookdale coal is produced at the Dormiston mines, also near Westport. A cargo of the latter coal is about to be tried on the China Station.