§ CAPTAIN NORTONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state whether in recent campaigns in Egypt and the Soudan tins of preserved rations, closed in the ordinary way by solder and subjected to exceptional treatment under active service conditions as great or greater than that to which the rations in South Africa recently condemned were exposed, for the most part remained in a sound state; and what proportion, if any, of such tinned goods was it found necessary to destroy during those campaigns.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERNo special reports can now be traced of the destruction or condemnation of preserved rations during the recent campaigns in Egypt and the Soudan.
§ CAPTAIN NORTONSurely it is known whether the supplies generally were satisfactory or whether a large proportion had to be destroyed as in the late war?
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERIt is a long time since, and no reports are available.
§ CAPTAIN NORTONI shall draw attention to this matter later on.