MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty was a new electric cable laid from Whale Island to Stamshaw Lane, Portsmouth, in the autumn of last year; if so, for what purpose was this cable laid; by whom was this work performed; whence were the materials for it derived; and what was the cost of the work and the materials, respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Arthur Lee.) In the autumn of last year the captain of H.M.S. "Excellent" obtained from the Naval Store Officer, Portsmouth Dockyard, a new cable to replace a worn out and defective cable connecting the Semaphore Signal at Whale Island with Stamshaw Waiting Room. The cost of the material amounted to £33 9s. 2d., and the work was carried out by the ship's company of H.M.S. "Excellent."