CAPTAIN DIGBYasked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, If it is the in- 1869 tention of Her Majesty's Government to take any steps to remove the wreck of the "Royal Adelaide," which is doing great damage at the present time to the fishing interest in the neighbourhood of the Island of Portland?
§ SIR CHARLES ADDERLEYI regret to reply to the hon. Member for Dorset-shire that the Government have no funds at their disposal for the removal of wrecks in such localities. The Admiralty have, however, in the case of the Royal Adelaide, offered to place at the disposal of the parties interested half-a-ton of powder for the purpose of dispersing what remains of the wreck; but I have no information whether those interested or responsible are likely to avail themselves of the offer.