§ MR. ALDERMAN SALOMONSsaid, he wished to ask the Vice-President of the Board of Trade whether he has received information from the Conservancy Board of the River Thames as to the removal of the Harbour Master's office from the river side at East Greenwich to an office at Tower Hill, and, if so, on what grounds of public convenience such removal has been determined?
§ LORD LOVAINEreplied, that there was no communication between the Board of Trade and the Thames Conservancy Board; but he understood that the Harbour Master's Office at Greenwich had not yet been abolished, but that part of the duties had been transferred to the office at Tower Hill, where the orders for the colliers lying in the river between Black wall and Gravesend were now issued to the owners or consignees, who themselves forwarded them to the vessels, thus saving time and expense.