§ MR. HENEAGE (Great Grimsby)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether any action has been taken by that Department, on the report 543 of Messrs. Berrington and Davy, in regard to the system of apprenticing boys to the fishing trade; and whether he will present any Papers on the subject to Parliament?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BRYCE,) Aberdeen, S.Yes, Sir. The form of Indenture under which the Fishing Apprentices are bound has been amended, and I will lay on the Table copies of the new Instructions which have recently been given to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office at Grimsby, and of the communications which have been made on the subject of those Instructions to the Superintendents at the other Apprentice Ports, and to the Public Bodies interested in the question. I understand from my right hon. Friend that a Circular will also be issued by the Local Government Board to Boards of Guardians with reference to this matter.