§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSENasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether, considering the recent fatal collision between the "Hankow" and the "Millbanke" off Dungeness, and the great loss of life constantly occurring in the channel, he is prepared to station a life ship at Dungeness point, and to provide a landing place on that point?
§ SIR CHARLES ADDERLEYThe stationing of lifeboats on the coasts of the United Kingdom is not one of the duties of the Board of Trade, but is, for the most part, managed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The Board of Trade station sets of rocket apparatus and provide belts and life-lines wherever these appear to be desirable. The places at which lifeboats, sets of rocket apparatus, and life-lines have been provided in the neighbourhood of Dungeness will be seen in a statement which the right hon. Gentleman shall have communicated to him. Last year, a company obtained an Act for the purpose of constructing, among other works, a pier and landing-place at Dungeness.