§ MR. HANBURY-TRACYasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether his attention has been called to the "danger signals at sea" recommended by Admiral Sir William Hall; and, if so, whether he proposes to carry out any experiments with the view of seeing how far it might be advisable to adopt them generally in the Mercantile Marine?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE,in reply, said, that his attention had been called to the signals in question, but he was bound to add that they were a form of signal of which it would be impossible to require the general and compulsory adoption. He had further to state that he was perfectly willing the signals should be tried among the experiments with respect to ship lights which the Board of Trade was now carrying on at Shoeburyness.