HC Deb 27 June 1907 vol 177 cc89-90
SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELD (Lincolnshire, Brigg)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, the total amount provided in the Navy Estimates for 1901–2 and 1907–8, respectively, for projectiles, ammunition, torpedoes, and gun cotton.

THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. LAMBERT,) Devonshire, South Molton

The amounts provided for the above stores in the years specified were as follows:—1901–2, £2,696,000; 1907–8, £1,282,000. I may add that in 1901–2 the Reserves were being largely increased, and a more expensive type of armour-piercing shell was introduced. The Reserves are now complete.