§ MR. E. H. BAYLEY (Camberwell, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he could state to the House what was the cost of the inquiry into the loss of the Olive Branch, and under what item it will appear in the Estimates; how many lives were lost round our sea coasts during the week ending 23rd December; and how many were saved by Coastguardsmen, and how many by fishermen in ordinary boats?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe cost to the Board of Trade of the inquiry into the loss of the Olive Branch will be about £33, and it will appear in the Estimates under the head of Law Charges, Board of Trade Vote. The number of lives lost round our sea coasts during the week ended 23rd December, so far as reported up to the 28th December, was 11. The number of lives saved by the Coastguard with the rocket apparatus was 31. I am not aware that any lives were saved by fishermen in ordinary boats during the week referred to in the question.