§ 25. Mr. PETOasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give any estimate of the consumption of cotton by Germany for explosives used in mines and torpedoes, either per month or to date, since the outbreak of war; and whether he can furnish any estimate of the probable consumption should the War continue until the end of the present year?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI am afraid that I can give no estimate.