§ MR. BELLAIRSI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in spite of the fact that the "Dreadnought" has been in commission since last October, the Navy Estimates do not present a true account of her cost in that they 209 exclude the cost of her reserve of guns; and whether this practice of excluding the cost of the reserve of guns has been followed in the case of any previous ships.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe reserve of guns provided is calculated upon the total number mounted, and individual guns are not appropriated to particular ships except where only one ship exists with a particular type of gun. The cost of reserve guns is not included in cost of guns shown in the Estimates, and has not been included with previous ships. The Estimates, therefore, give a correct account of the cost of the "Dreadnought."