§ MR. EASTWICKasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the recent visit of the Deputy Master of the Trinity House to North America was made in an official capacity and at the public expense; and, whether the results of that visit have been or will be communicated to the Board of Trade?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE,in reply, said, that the recent visit of the Deputy Master of Trinity House to Canada was an official visit, and was undertaken principally for the purpose of making inquiry into the experience obtained by light-house keepers on the subject of fog signals. The result had been communicated to the Board of Trade, and they had communicated it to the other light-house authorities. They had reason to believe that the information obtained would be found extremely valuable.