§ MR. PIKE PEASE (Darlington)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty why the estimated cost of the Simon's Bay dockyard extension has been reduced by upwards of £300,000.
§ (Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) In view of the present state of this work it was considered that the sum reserved for contingencies and unforeseen difficulties in construction might be reduced. Some deductions have also been made in the buildings originally proposed.