§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that the Report of the Admiralty Committee on Mercantile Cruisers in 1902 calculated that a vessel of 23 knots ocean speed would cost £575,000 and that a vessel of only 2 knots greater speed, or 25 knots, would cost £1,000,000; and whether he can state, from any calculations in the possession of the Admiralty, what would have been the cost of three "Invincibles," designed for the same armament but of 23 knots speed, as compared with the three existing 25–knot "Invincibles" costing £4,931,000.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.There are no such calculations at present available.