§ MR. EDWARDS-MOSS (Lancashire, S.W., Widnes)asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether his attention has been called to the case of 871 the S. S. Carmona, 3,714 tons gross register, a vessel built especially for cotton, and classed 100 A 1 at Lloyd's, which sailed from Barrow on February 23rd last, with a cargo of pig iron for America, and has lately been posted at Lloyd's as missing; and, whether it is the intention of the Board of Trade to institute a full inquiry into the loss of this vessel?
§ THE SECRETARY (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)The Board of Trade have ordered a formal inquiry to be held into the case of the steamship Carmona, which is reported as missing. I may add that a letter has been received from the owners stating that it is not the fact that the Carmona was a vessel built especially for cotton.