§ MR. COURTHOPE (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty in view of the fact that on the 24th instant a member of the Rugby football team which represented London against the Australians on that date was conveyed to Portsmouth at public expense on board a torpedo boat specially detached for the purpose, whether he will refund to the National Rifle Association the sum paid to the Admiralty in respect of the journey from Malta of W. O. Raven to join the rifle shooting team which recently represented the mother country in the Colonies.
§ DR. MACNAMARAThere is no official knowledge of the incident referred to. No reason is seen for reopening the question as to the payment of the expenses of Mr. Raven's journey to the Colonies.