§ MR. J. H. LEWIS (Flint Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what was the value of stocks of naval warlike stores remaining in hand on the 31st March, 1880, 1890, 1900, and 1903 respectively.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. PRETYMAN,) Suffolk, WoodbridgeThe stock of naval warlike stores was first valued and inserted in Navy Appropriation Account for 1894–95. The figure for 1890 cannot, therefore, be given. The value of stock of naval warlike stores on 31st March, 1895, was £7,890,452; 31st March, 1900, £11,104,347; 31st March, 1903, £14,655,734.