§ Sir J. MARRIOTTasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether British firms were invited to tender for the supply of bunker coal to the Royal Yacht at Genoa; whether any British tender was accepted; if not, what was the difference in price between the lowest British tender and the tender accepted; and whether, before the contract was placed, British firms were asked to reconsider their quotation?
Mr. DAVIDSONThe answers to the first two parts of the question are in the affirmative. The third and fourth parts do not therefore arise.