§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the total period during which the two dredgers belonging to the Admiralty were placed at the disposal of the Egyptian Government for the improvement of the port of Alexandria without any payment by the Egyptian Government for their services, reckoning from the date of the vessels leaving off their usual work to prepare to proceed on this service for a Government which contributes in no way to the relief of the burdens borne by the taxpayers of this country.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouth, N.The periods respectively were: Two 1383 years, five months, one week; two years, five months.