§ MR. BRANCH (Middlesex, Enfield)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state what number of Lee-Enfield cavalry and artillery carbines were manufactured by the trade for the years 1890 to 1903 inclusive, and the price per carbine for each respective year; also the numbers and prices of the same arms for 47 the above years made at Sparkbrook and Enfield respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) No Lee-Enfield carbines have been
| 1889–90 to 1891–2 None. | ||||
| Year. | Number. | Cost. | ||
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1892–93 | 100 | 5 | 6 | 6¼ |
| 1893–94 | 50 | 4 | 15 | 6¼ |
| 1894–95 | 11,256 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 1895–96 | 5,515 | 3 | 1 | 2¼ |
| 1896–97 | 6,848 | 2 | 10 | 7½ |
| 1897–98 | 1,504 | 2 | 6 | 10¼ |
| 1898–99 | 5,450 | 2 | 6 | 3¼ |
| 1899–1900 | 6,149 | 2 | 6 | 1¾ |
| 1900–01 | 21,594 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1901–02 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5¼ |
| 1902–03 | 500 | 2 | 5 | 10¼ |
§ Fitted for pattern 1888 sword-bayonets:—
| Year. | Number. | Cost. | ||
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1901–02 | 1,000 | 2 | 4 | 11½ |
| 1903–04 | 500 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
§ This price includes the special expenditure for tools.