In early July 1900 the French Chamber concluded the discussion of the Bill for naval defences and the re-organization of the fleet, and finally voted on the Government's proposals. The bill provided for the construction of six ironclads of 14,685 tons, five armed cruisers of 12,600 tons, and twenty-eight torpedo boats of 305 tons, to be built within a period of eight years. It further enacted that the sum of sixty-eight million three hundred thousand francs be spent on torpedo and submarine boats.