§ MR. KING (Hull, Central)asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether his attention has been called to the decision in the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of "The Queen v. The Trinity House Corporation;" and, whether, by the terms of that decision, the Licensing Boards may refuse to grant pilots' certificates to aliens?
§ THE SECRETARY (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)The Board of Trade have not yet received a copy of the judgment referred to; but they understand that the Court refused a mandamus, on the ground that the Pilotage Authorities had a discretion under the Act; and, further, that there was under the Act an appeal to the Board of Trade from the decision of those Authorities.