asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he has received a letter from Mrs. Laura Mitchell, of Alderney, Channel Islands, arising out of the death of her son, Thomas P. Mitchell, engine-room artificer, 4th Class, who was found shot in Barnton Wood, in January, 1921; will he state if an inquiry was held at Port. Edgar on the death of Mitchell; if so, what was the result; and will he see that a copy of the evidence given, and the finding of the Court, is supplied to the mother of the deceased?

The reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. A Naval Court of inquiry was held, but obtained no evidence to explain his death, which was apparently self-inflicted, as was confirmed by the subsequent inquiry by the Procurator Fiscal. A copy of the evidence and finding of the Naval Court will be supplied to Mrs. Mitchell.