§ MR. C. DALRYMPLEasked the President of the Board of Trade, with reference to a Correspondence which took place between the Board of Trade and Mr. John Burns in May 1871 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 236, of Session 1871), and with reference further to an extensively signed shipowners' memorial presented to him in May 1872, both being on the subject of the liability of British ships in American Waters, Whether the Government has yet taken any steps, and if so what steps, towards getting British vessels in American waters put on the same footing in regard to liability as Foreign ships in British waters?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE,in reply, said the Government had had the subject under their consideration, and were at this moment in correspondence with the United States Government upon it. That correspondence had not yet come to a conclusion.