HC Deb 19 March 1883 vol 277 cc792-3
MR. DAWSON

asked the President of the Board of Trade, When the proposed experiments to test the relative powers of gas, oil, and electricity as illuminants for lighthouse purposes shall take place?

MR. CHAMBERLAIN,

in reply, said, it had been thought desirable to increase the scope of inquiry by the Committee. He could not say when the proposed experiments would take place; but he had every reason to believe that no time whatever would be lost in the matter.