First Lord of the Admiralty, stated in the House that. the Naval Estimates provide for an increase of five thousatid men, five-battle-ships, thisteelt exiisers, and twenty-eight torpedo-destroyers,
a cost of ten millions sterling.
He asks-for eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds (£850,000) for guns and ammunition, and three new docks at Gibraltar which will cost two and a-quarter millions sterling, making a total outlay of fourteen millions sterling.
Mr. Goschen stated that the estimates: are not provocative but. self-
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