§ Mr. WATTasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what boat of the service acted as stationnaire to the British Embassy at Constantinople; what were the age and tonnage of the yacht; and could he say how those figures as to age and tonnage compared with the boats used for the same purposes by the United States, Germany, and France?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAH.M.S. "Imogene" acts as stationnaire to the British Embassy at Constantinople. She was launched in 1882, and her displacement is 460 tons. The "Scorpion," launched in 1896, and of 775 tons, fulfils a similar function for the United States; the "Loreley," launched in 1885, of 909 tons, for Germany; and the "Jeanne Blanche," launched in 1894, of 540 tons, for France.