§ ADMIRAL WALCOTTsaid, he wished to ask the First Naval Lord of the Admiralty whether the same protection against loss of life afforded to emigrant ships had been or would be provided for the ships about to embark troops for China, by supplying them with Clifford's lifeboat apparatus, which had been subjected to the severest tests from Her Majesty's ships under different circumstances of weather, and at every rate of speed, and of the complete efficiency of which reports had been forwarded to the Admiralty.
§ SIR MAURICE BERKELEYsaid that, had his hon. and gallant Friend given him notice of his question, he would have brought with him a list of the ships which had been fitted with the apparatus. He could only say, that in every trial which had been made of it, its use had been attended with complete success.