§ MR. LUTTRELL (Devon, Tavistock)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of diminishing the dangers to shipwrecked crews, and consequently to those who are engaged in the saving of life at sea, he will allow the directions on the life-saving apparatus to be in four languages instead of two?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BRYOE,) Aberdeen, S.Yes, Sir; for the future the directions on the tally boards will be in English, German, French, and Italian. Italian has been chosen as the fourth language because Norwegian seamen very frequently know either English or German. This change will involve the expenditure of some money which, I think, will be well spent, and I am obliged to my hon. Friend for having pressed the matter on my attention.