§ MR. MACDONALDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 137 If it is his intention or the intention of the Government to introduce a measure this Session to prohibit the use of blasting powder in firing Mines?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, the opinions of the Mines Inspectors as to the use of blasting powder in firing mines were so widely different that he did not at present propose to introduce a Bill on the subject. The question would be again submitted to the Inspectors on their next meeting in London, which he believed would be within a fortnight, and as soon as he received a Report upon the subject it would be laid before the House.