HC Deb 12 July 1883 vol 281 c1219
MR. BAXTER

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he can now state the names of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the best site for a harbour of refuge on the northeast coast of Scotland?

THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR)

Captain Sir Frederick Evans, Hydrographer to the Admiralty; Lieutenant Colonel P. Smith, P.E., Admiralty Director of Works; and Captain Sir George Nares, Professional Member of the Marine and Harbour Departments of the Board of Trade, have been appointed as a Sub-Committee of the Convict Labour Committee to visit points on the East Coast of Scotland, and report on the most suitable position for a harbour of refuge to be constructed by Scotch Convicts.