§ MR. EDWARDS-MOSS (Lancashire, S.W., Widnes)asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether he has read the Report of the Court which inquired into the circumstances attending the loss of the Carmona; whether he has considered that Report in connection with the evidence which was submitted to the Court, especially in regard to the stowage of the cargo; and, whether the Board of Trade propose to take any further steps in the matter?
§ THE SECRETARY (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)Yes, Sir; I have read the Report in the case of the Carmona; but the Board of Trade have no power to review the evidence given to, or the decisions of, any Court of Inquiry. In the present ease, as the Court has finally reported that—
There was no evidence before the Court to enable them to form an opinion of the cause of the loss of the vessel,and as no further evidence has been obtained, the Board of Trade do not propose to take any further steps in this particular case; but the question raised with regard to the shifting of iron cargoes is too important to be lost sight of.