MR. GIBSON BOWLESI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty are the ship's artificers of H.M.S. "Prince of Wales" engaged in fitting cross connections to the ship's 6-inch gun sights and in fitting large range discs; and, in view of Art. 1319 of the King's Regulations, prescribing that proposals for alterations and additions shall be made by letter, were any such proposals made by letter before the alterations were carried out.
§ MR. PRETYMANThey may be doing so; inquiry can be made if desired. Article 1319 of the King's Regulations does not refer to such alterations as these, but to large alterations that are proposed to be made by a dockyard, and consequently require special approval.
In reply to a further Question, MR. PRETYMAN said the commanders of ships were encouraged to carry out these smaller alterations themselves, and a letter was not necessary in such a case as this.