§ MR. T. E. SMITHasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether in the future Returns as to the detentions of vessels under the Act 39 and 40 Vic. c. 80, he can distinguish between the vessels preparing to go to sea in the condition in which they were found by the Board's surveyors and those which had gone into the port at which they were detained for the express purpose of repairing damage sustained at sea?
§ SIR CHARLES ADDERLEYSuch a distinction in the Returns cannot be made, as no such distinction exists. No vessels are detained unless they are preparing to go to sea in an unseaworthy state. There might be a distinction, if it would be of any use, between vessels detained at the commencement of a voyage and those which during a voyage put into a port and get detained while preparing to go to sea again without sufficient repair; but I see no use in it, the sole point of importance being their going to sea in an unsafe state.
§ MR. T. E. SMITHthen gave Notice that on a future day he would call attention to the inaccuracies in the Returns furnished to the House by the Board of Trade.