§ MR. JOHNSTON(for Major RASCH) (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is able to state the measures taken by the London and India Docks Joint Committee on his recommendation for the protection and safeguarding life in the event of the recurrence of fogs?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.I directed Captain Pitman (my Chief Superintendent at Poplar) to place himself in communication with the Dock authorities, and I am happy to say that they willingly agreed to erect stanchions and chains at a number of places agreed upon. Captain Pitman has now repotted to me that the directors have made every effort to provide for the safety of the public by adopting all reasonable precautions. I understand that the London and India Docks Joint Committee alone have ordered no less than seven and a half miles of chains and stanchions.