§ MR. E. J. REED (for Mr. PLIMSOLL)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he will be so good as to cause a circular to be sent to all magistrates' clerks and borough and county magistrates of seaport towns, again reminding them that they have the power now, when seamen are brought before them charged with refusing to go to sea, of ordering a survey, which will be made without expense to the borough funds, by the officers of the Board of Trade?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, that a communication was made from the Home Office to the hon. Member for Derby (Mr. Plimsoll) some time ago that it was the intention of the Home Office to issue a circular of some kind, and he was in communication with the President of the Board of Trade as to the form it should take.