§ Mr. HUDSONasked whether the contract for the boilers to be placed in His Majesty's ship "Queen Mary" has been given to private firms; if so, whether one or more firms are to do the work; and hat firm or firms are doing the work and the number of boilers in their contract for this ship?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe boilers of His Majesty's ship "Queen Mary" have been constructed by private firms, two-thirds of them having been built by Messrs. John Brown and Co., Clydebank, and the remaining one-third by Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow.