§ MR. GORE LANGTONsaid, he wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade, 155 Whether the provisional sanction of the Board of Trade has been given to the Company incorporated by the Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Act, 1856, to act as a pilotage authority within the Bristol Channel; and if so, can the Local Act, 47 Geo. III., c. 33, s. 9, be repealed provisionally, or is a provisional sanction by the Board within the powers granted to it by the Ely Act
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONsaid, that an offer had been made by the Board of Trade to sanction the Company incorporated by the Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Act as a pilotage authority within the Bristol Channel for a limited time and on certain conditions. The power of giving that sanction was within the Ely Act, which was subsequent to the Act 47 Geo. III., and, therefore, the power could be exercised by the Board of Trade without infringing the latter act.