§ MR. MORTON (Sutherland)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what the total estimated cost of the royal yacht "Alexandra" is, and to what service or use the yacht is to be put.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. EDMUND ROBERTSON, DUNDEE)The estimated first cost of the "Alexandra" is £136,688, as shown on page 211 of the Navy Estimates for the current financial year. The new yacht is primarily intended to replace the "Osborne" and "Alberta," which are now worn out, and will be for His Majesty's general use, if he should require to visit any port of his Dominions or any Continental port into which the "Victoria and Albert" cannot enter.