§ MR. NIELDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the dates on which the refits to the protected cruisers "Andromeda," "Edgar," "Gibraltar," and "Hawke," referred to in the statement explanatory of the Navy Estimates 1906–7 as included in the list of the most important of the refits to be carried out in 1906–7, were actually taken in hand; and when the refits may be expected to be completed.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe following are the dates: "Andromeda," begun October, 1907, to be completed June, 1908; "Edgar," begun November, 1906, completed July, 1907; "Gibraltar," begun October, 1907, completed January, 1908; "Hawke," begun April, 1907, completed November, 1907.