§ The House met at Eleven of the Clock.
§ The CLERK AT THE TABLE informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting.
§ Whereupon Mr. JAMES HOPE, the Chairman of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and, after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy-Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order.
| Ship Building during Financial Years 1924, 1925 and 1926. | |||||
| Vessel. | Dockyard. | Machinery. | |||
| Main. | Auxiliary. | ||||
| Completed or laid down in 1924. | |||||
| "Frobisher" | … | Devonport | … | Wallsend Slipway Co. | |
| "Suffolk" | … | Portsmouth | … | Parsons. | |
| "Cornwall" | … | Devonport | … | Beardmore. | |
| "Kent" | … | Chatham | … | Hawthorn Leslie. | For each ship the auxiliary machinery was ordered from the contractors for the main machinery and made in partly numerous sub-contractors. |
| Completed or laid down in 1925. | |||||
| "Effingham" | … | Portsmouth | … | Harland & Wolff. | |
| "X. 1" | … | Chatham | … | Chatham. | |
| "London" | … | Portsmouth | … | Fairfield. | |
| "Devonshire" | … | Devonport | … | Vickers. | |
| Completed or laid down in 1926. | |||||
| Nil. |
| Ships Building during Financial Years 1924, 1925 and 1926, but laid down before 1924 and completed after 1926. | |||||
| Vessel. | Dockyard. | Machinery | |||
| Main. | Auxiliary. | ||||
| "Adventure" | … | Devonport | … | Devonport and Vickers. | For each ship the auxiliary machinery was ordered from the contractors for the main machinery and made in part by numerous sub-contractors. |
| "Oberon" | … | Chatham | … | Chatham |