§ SIR HENRY STRACEYsaid, he would beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, If it his intention to introduce a Bill to remedy the defects in the Law relating to Owners and Salvors of Vessels?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONsaid, that some portion of the defects of the Law relating to Salvage had been remedied by an Act 114 passed this Session called the Admiralty Courts Act; and if the hon. Baronet would look at the Ninth Clause of the Act, he would find that the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act with regard to the Salvage of life within a limited distance from the coast had been extended to the Salvage of life wherever it occurred, so far as related to British shipping. As far as related to Foreign vessels there was no authority to interfere except under the provisions of an International Treaty. A Bill had been prepared on the subject to which the hon. Member referred; but he (Mr. Milner Gibson) feared there would not be time to introduce it this Session. He hoped to lay it on the Table early next Session.
§ SIR HENRY STRACEYsaid, he wished to ask, whether the right hon. Gentleman will give his support to a Bill embodying the principles of which he has already expressed approval, in case he (Sir Henry Stracey) introduced it?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONsaid, it was impossible for him to answer the question without having first seen the proposition of the hon. Baronet.