§ Mr. Yorkasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the number of hundredweights used monthly in the British Navy of home-produced, Empire and foreign beef, respectively?
§ Mr. ShakespeareThe approximate figures for the Fleet in Home Waters are:
Cwt. Empire 4,500 Home-produced or home-killed 100 Foreign Nil. The monthly consumption of the Fleet abroad is about 2,600 cwt. This is practically all Empire beef except on the America and West Indies Station, where some supplies are necessarily obtained from foreign sources such as the Argentine. The amount of such foreign beef is estimated at 200 cwt.