§ Return ordered "showing the Fleets of Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, United States of America, and Japan on the 31st day of March, 1909, omitting battleships and armoured cruisers over 20 years old from date of launch, and distinguishing, both built and building, battleships, cruisers of various grades, torpedo vessels, torpedo boat destroyers, torpedo boats, and submarines:
§ Return to show date of launch, date of completion, displacement, horse-power, and armaments reduced to one common scale (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 277, of Session 1908)."—[Sir Charles Dilke.]