§ Mr. BURGOYNEasked what percentage of the cordite supplied to the Navy was made at the Government factory?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe proportion is not fixed, but it is high. It is undesirable to state the precise percentage.
§ Mr. BURGOYNEasked whether any cordite was distributed to the Fleet which had withstood the heat test owing to the presence in its composition of minute quantities of mercuric chloride?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have no reason to believe that any such cordite was issued to the Fleet, and every precaution was taken to prevent it.