§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Under secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider the advisability of sending the Cape or South American squadrons to St. Helena and using it as a training ground, and thus keeping the present fortifications, upon which hundreds of thousands of pounds have been spent, and which would assist the Colony and prevent the buildings being ruined
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The Admiralty have recently arranged for three ships proceeding to or from the Cape station to call at St. Helena. I have reason to believe these visits have assisted the Colony financially. I can, however, give no pledge as to the frequency of such visits in future, as they must depend upon naval requirements.