§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the number of new guns for which orders have been given, and where these orders have been placed.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTEROne hundred and ninety-four new 13-pounder guns and 878 new 18-poander guns have been ordered, and the orders have been placed as follows:—Ordnance factories, 352; Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., 288; Vickers, Maxim, and Co., 288; Cammell and Co., 144—total, 1,072.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLHow many of these firms are Birmingham firms?
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLOh, what a pity!