§ BARON HENRY DE WORMSasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether, in view of the great interests involved by the thirty-first Clause of the Merchant Shipping Bill, entitled "Abolition of compulsory pilotage," he will consider either the advisability of striking that Clause out of the Bill, or of establishing a scale of compensation for the pilots who will otherwise be deprived of their living?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAIN, in reply, said, he feared the hon. Gentleman had not seen an answer which he gave, a few days ago, to a duputation of pilots who had waited upon him (Mr. Chamberlain) in regard to the matter. He invited the pilots to prepare a scheme of compensation, to which he promised full consideration.
§ BARON HENRY DE WORMSsaid, he had received a deputation of pilots the day after the right hon. Gentleman, and he had then put the Question on the Paper.