§ MR. ASHLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what is the cost of a battery of the field artillery which has recently been supplied to the Regular; Army.
§ MR. HALDANEThe average cost of a Q.F. 18 pr. battery, i.e., guns, carriages, wagons, limbers, spare components and 1,000 rounds of ammunition per gun, is £ 27,000.
§ MR. ASHLEYAnd how many batteries are there?
§ MR. HALDANEI should not like to say from memory, but the information is easily obtainable.
§ MR. CROOKS (Woolwich)Are not many of them very old?
§ MR. HALDANENo; we are keeping them up to the latest pattern.