§ 23. Mr. HOHLERasked whether the appeal to the carpenter's crew to offer themselves as candidates for cooper's crew resulted in the Admiralty obtaining the requisite number; how much their training in the victualling yards has cost; and will he increase the pay of the cooper's crew and improve their conditions of service and thereby attract to the Service an adequate supply of trained coopers from the trade?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe response to the appeal in question has been very small, but it has not been found necessary to press the matter owing to the satisfactory state of the ordinary recruiting of coopers. The amount of money spent has been quite small. I cannot give any undertaking as regards the last part of the question.