*CAPTAIN FABERI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state why there were no three-sixteenth inch plates available at Portsmouth with which to repair the torpedo destroyer "Wear," on the occasion of her collision with the "Etna'' merchant ship.
§ *MR. LAMBERTIt had not hitherto been thought necessary to keep a reserve of these plates. Steps are now being taken to secure an adequate reserve.
§ *MR. LAMBERTasked for notice of the Question.