§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Board will grant a Return, before the end of the session, on the same lines as the one granted by their predecessors last year, on the Motion of the hon. Member for Dundee, No. 336, 10th August, 1905, showing the total number of officers and men in shore establishments and ships in reserve or the partially manned Home fleet; and also the total number in the fully commissioned ships at sea under the scheme which has recently been forshadowed.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThere would be no objection to a Return being prepared on the same lines as that issued on 10th August, 1905, but including a statement of the numbers of officers and men actually borne in fully commissioned ships.