§ MR. INGHAMsaid, he would beg to ask the Vice President of the Board of Trade if it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to introduce a Bill for the abolition of Passing Tolls on Shipping.
§ MR. LOWEsaid, in the early part of the Session he had stated that as soon as the business of the House would permit he would introduce a Bill to abolish Passing Tolls and relieve shipping from other burdens to which it was subject. He was sorry, however, to say that that period had not yet arrived; and in the present state of the Session and of the business of the House he could not conceal from himself that it would be quite impossible to carry through such a measure in the course of the present year, involving, as it must do, very considerable discussion. Therefore, with very great regret, he must defer till another Session the attempt to relieve shipping from these most unjust burdens.
§ MR. HUDSONsaid, he wished to know whether it would not be possible this Session to carry through a Bill for abolishing Passing Tolls, leaving the question of the local charges on shipping to another occasion.