§ MR. REEDasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the Conservators of the River Thames have applied to Her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs for permission to place a landing stage in front of a portion of the Custom House Quay, for the service of steam boats trading to Foreign Ports, and landing or embarking passengers in the Port of London; and, if so, whether any reply has been given to the application, and whether there is any objection to lay the same and Papers relating thereto upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. BAXTERsaid, in reply, there had been a correspondence between the Conservators of the Thames and the Commissioners of Customs respecting permission to place a landing stage in front of their Quay for the use of steamboats trading to foreign ports and landing or embarking passengers. There was no objection to produce the correspondence.