§ MAJOR RASCH (Essex, S.E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will consent to lay upon the Table of the House the Report of the Assistant Hydrographer to the Admiralty referring to the deposit of mud on Kent and Essex fishing grounds, for which a Motion stands on this day's Taper?
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. E. ROBERTSON,) Dundee, who replied, said: The Report in question is of a confidential nature, and cannot, therefore, be made public.
§ MAJOR RASCHI should like to ask whether the reason for not laying the Report on the Table is not because it is the Report by an official of the Department who reports hostilely of the Department?
§ MR. E. ROBERTSONNo.
§ MAJOR RASCHI shall repeat my question on Wednesday the 27th.