§ SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he can state the animal consumption of shells for the guns of the Navy by target-firing, gun-practice; what is the annual wastage by deterioration; and what number of shells for each kind of gun is in stock at the present time.
MR. EDMUND ROBRTSONThe approximate annual expenditure of shells for all practices is 47,000. This includes all guns from three-pounders upwards, but does not include 375,000 practice projectiles. The wastage from deterioration is practically nil In regard to the last part of the Question, it is not 606 customary to give details of our reserves of war material.