§ 69. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the average prices paid by the Ministry of Munitions in 1915, 1916, and 1917 for American and Australian lead, respectively?
§ Major ELLIOTThe information asked for could only be obtained by the expenditure of a very large amount of time and labour, as the records of the Ministry of Munitions are extremely extensive, and no statistical abstract is available. I therefore feel I should not be justified in giving instructions for the work to be undertaken.