§ House in Committee (according to Order).
THE EARL OF CAITHNESSexpressed the hope that provision would be made for examining the iron and workmanship of cables and anchors, as well as for testing the finished article. It sometimes happened that when an extreme strain had been tried a fracture occurred upon a second test, even before the extreme strain was reached. Bessemer steel would stand 50 or 60 per cent more of tensile strain than the best Low Moor iron.
§ LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEYsaid, that he had communicated with the Board of Trade, and should not press the exemption which had been referred to on a former occasion.
§ Bill reported without Amendment; and to be read 3a To-morrow,