§ Mr. BELLAIRSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the percentage of the total expenditure on ordnance, rifles, torpedoes, gun-cotton, and ammunition, or stores in which the trade and Government compete, given by the Admiralty for the years 1903–4 and subsequent years, and the probable percentage for years for which, estimates only are available?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe percentage of the total expenditure on ordnance, rifles, torpedoes, gun-cotton, and ammunition, or ordnance stores in which the trade and Government compete, given by the Admiralty for the years 1903–4 and subsequent years, is approximately as follows:—
Trade. Per cent. Government. Per cent. 1903–4 … … … 59 41 1904–5 … … … 60 40 1905–6 … … … 61 39 1906–7 … … … 58 42 1907–8 … … … 49 51 1908–9 … … … 49 51 1909–10 … … … 54 46