HC Deb 25 May 1882 vol 269 c1606
MR. ALDERMAN COTTON

asked the President of the Board of Trade, If he can state the reason why Admiral Grant, one of the assessors at the inquiry held by the Wreck Commissioner in December last, did not sign the annex to the Report on the "British Navy" and "Larnaca;" whether Admiral Grant made a special annex to the Report; and, if so, whether it will be printed in the usual manner; also any Correspondence arising out of the above inquiry between the Home Office, the Board of Trade, the Wreck Commissioner, and Admiral Grant?

MR. CHAMBERLAIN

, in reply, said, that as it did not appear that Admiral Grant objected to the terms either of the Report, or of the annex, and as there was no expression of dissent by him within the meaning of the Act, it was thought no useful purpose would be served by printing his letter, or laying the Papers on the Table.