§ MR. BRADLAUGHI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state, or whether he will consent to a Return showing the amounts paid by the Government, and to whom, for each of the years from 1820 to 1830 inclusive, on account of compensation to the pilots of the Port of Bristol, in respect of the abolition of the Differential Dues on foreign ships
§ * SIR M. HICKS BEACHThe only information I can find relating to the circumstances referred to by the hon. Member (which occurred between 60 and 70 years ago) is contained in Parliamentary Paper 557 of Session 1828, in which it is stated that the sum of £389 10s. 6d. was paid out of the Public Revenue between the years 1819 and 1828 to the Corporation of Bristol for compensation for pilotage, but whether this was in respect of Differential Dues is not stated in the Return.