§ MR. BILLSON (Devon, Barnstaple)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is yet in possession of the full list of losses round the coast, occasioned by the late gales?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. MUNDELLA,) Sheffield, BrightsideThe number of lives reported up to noon to-day, as lost on or near our coasts during the gales of the 16th to 20th November, is 293. The number of persons reported as saved is 525, of whom 206 were saved by the coastguard with the rocket apparatus, and other help from shore; 158 were saved by fishing boats, shore boats, and ships' boats; 122 were saved by boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and 39 by other means. I regret to say that reports are still being received, and that many vessels are overdue, and are supposed to have been lost in the recent gales, whose crews are not included in the figures I have just given. The figures would only apply to a distance within 10 miles of our coasts, or beyond our headlands.