COLONEL BOWLESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what numbers of swords, bayonets, and sword bayonets have been made at the Enfield Small Arms Factory during the years 1888–9, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–2, 1892–3, 1893–4, 1894–5, 1895–6, 1896–7, 1897–8, 1898–9, 1899–1900, 1900–1, 1901–2, 1902–3, and the cost each year respectively; what numbers have been given to the trade each year of each arm, and what is the cost each year respectively; what are the numbers given to the Enfield Small Arms Factory and the trade respectively for the coming year.
§ MR. BROMLEY DAVENPORTIf my hon. and gallant friend will permit me, I will include the statistics for which he asks in the general Return which I propose to give, and which I alluded to in my reply to a previous Question. In regard to the last part of the Question, the allocation for the coming year has not yet been settled.