§ SIR THOMAS LEAI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether application has been made by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the Meteorological Council of the Royal Society for the supply of daily forecasts to lifeboat stations on the coast; whether such application was refused for lack of funds; and whether the Government can supply the small additional grant for telegraphing daily to these stations?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTI am informed that the Meteorological Council was applied to, as stated and declined owing to the cost. The Treasury have received no representations upon the subject, and they are therefore not in a position to deal with the question.