§ MR. LENG (Dundee)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the attention of the Board has been called to the long period of the revolution or flashing of the lights on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and especially to the recommendation of the recent Wreck Inquiry Court into the loss of the Anchor Liner Roumania, as to replacing the three minute Burling's light by a quick-flashing light; and whether 1071 the Government will make representations to the Governments of Spain and Portugal on the subject?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. MUNDELLA,) Sheffield, BrightsideI have received the Report of the Court of Inquiry held on the loss of the Roumania, and have communicated to the Foreign Office the recommendation of the Court, with a view of representations being made to the Portuguese Government as to the desirability of altering the light on Burling's Island to a quick-flashing light of equal power to the present light.