§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Committee, consisting of certain members of the Royal Society, appointed to inquire into the question of Lighthouse Illnminants has yet reported; and, if not, when it is likely to do so?
SIR M. HICKS BRACHThere has been some unavoidable delay in this matter in consequence of a change that it was found necessary to make in the composition of the Committee; but I have communicated with the President of the Royal Society, and I understand that the Report of the Committee may be expected in the course of the summer.