§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state in what capacity, whether civil or military, was he the recipient at Malta of a salute of seventeen guns; is there any precedent for the conferring of this mark of honour on any other Secretary of State for War; and on 491 whom does the responsibility rest for its bestowal.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe Governor ordered the salute to be paid to the Secretary of State for War according to the established precedents. No other authority was needed or asked.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIf the Prime Minister had gone under similar circumstances, how many guns would have been fired?