§ MR. GUINNESS (Bury St. Edmunds)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty on what works Messrs. G. Corderoy and Co. have been employed during the last five years by the Admiralty as quantity surveyors; on what basis payments have been made to this and other firms; and whether the Admiralty have considered the question of employing their own staff to carry out this work.
§ MR. McKENNAList of works undertaken by Messrs. G. Corderoy and Co., 1741 during the five years ending 31st March, 1908:—Malta, Docks and Breakwater; Gibraltar Dockyard, Harbour, Commercial Mole, Dockyard Extension and Coaling Facilities; Dover, Harbour; Hong Kong, Dockyard Extension and Coaling Facilities; Cape of Good Hope, Dockyard Extension; Chatham, New Dock, Naval Barracks, Hospital, Slaughter-house, Commander-in-Chief's Residence, New River Wall; Pembroke, Jetty; Sheerness, Depot for Torpedo Boat Destroyers and Drainage; West India Docks, New Offices; Deptford, Seamen's Clothing Store; Greenwich, Laboratories; Deal, Additions to Sergeant's Mess; Horsea Island, Torpedo Range; Haulbowline, Coaling Jetty; Dartmouth, Royal Naval College; Devonport, Dockyard Extension, Naval Barracks, Electrical Generating Station, &c, Gunnery School, Magazines, Coaling; Plymouth, Hospital, Wards for Lunatics. The basis on which payments have been made to this and other firms is a percentage on the cost of the work for which quantities have been prepared or measurements made. The Board have only just received for consideration a full report on the question of employing the Admiralty Works Department staff to do this work.