§ CAPTAIN PRICE (Devonport)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, with reference to the notice given that the operation of the Rules drawn under the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Act of 1888 would take effect from the 1st of November next, how long prior to that date would notice be given to shipowners and the 334 public as to what appliances have been sanctioned under those Rules?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.I have laid the Revised Rules drawn under the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Act upon the Table of the House this day, and the public, therefore, can procure copies of them at once.