§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can state in the most convenient form the number of men employed on the construction of a cruiser, of a destroyer, and of a sloop, respectively, in His Majesty's dockyards?
§ Mr. AMMONThe numbers are, for a cruiser 500 to 550, for a destroyer 130, for a sloop 180. These numbers refer exclusively to Admiralty employés in the dockyard, and represent an average taken over the whole period of construction.