§ MR. ALDERMAN LUSKsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he could inform the House whether Mr. Hay, the Chief Admiralty Chemist at Portsmouth Dockyard, is the Mr. Hay who is advertised as a Director of the Maritime and General Improvement Company (Limited), 9, Bush Lane, City, E.C., 1560 and the proprietor of "Hay's Protecting Varnish, Antifouling Composition, Rodian Paint, &c.," and whose compositions for coating ships have "met with the approval of the Lords of the Admiralty," and are "in general use for iron ships in the Royal Navy;" and, further, are "the standards of comparison for all other compositions;" and, if so, who is the judge of the qualities of the compositions used for coating Her Majesty's Ships?
MR. CORRY, in reply, said, he had given directions that a letter should be written to Mr. Hay inquiring whether he was a director of the company referred to, and informing him that, if so, he would be called upon to choose between the position which he held as Admiralty chemist at Portsmouth and director of the company, as the two were incompatible.