§ SIR JAMES CORRY (Armagh, Mid)asked the President of the Board of Trade, If he will lay upon the Table of 912 the House an account of the expenditure incurred by the Trinity House in carrying out the experiments on lighthouse illuminants at South Foreland; and, whether he will inform the House from what funds that expenditure was defrayed; and, if out of the Mercantile Marine Fund, whether the cost will not have to be borne solely by the shipping community?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. C. T. D. ACLAND) (Cornwall, Launceston)(who replied) said: The expenditure incurred in and about the experiments in question will amount to about £9,000. It is defrayed out of the Mercantile Marine Fund, which is a fund arising from charges on shipping. The grounds for this expense are, that it will, we hope, lead not only to increased efficiency, but to economy in the management of the lights.