§ MR. FITZGERALDfor Colonel KING-HARMAN (Kent, Isle of Thanet)asked the President of the Board of Trade, What arrangements, if any, have been made to establish telegraphic communication between the light ships on the Goodwin Sands and the mainland?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. MUNDELLA) (Sheffield, Brightside)No arrangements have been made to establish telegraphic communication between the lightships on the Goodwin Sands and the mainland. The experiments for connecting the Sunk Lightship off Harwich with the shore have not yet been reported as successful, and until this is the case it is not propose to extend the experiments to other stations.