§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL) (Liverpool, KirkdaleI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether it is in contemplation, or whether steps have been taken, to institute at any other port or ports on the Continent arrangements for the transmission home of seamen's wages similar to those inaugurated at Dunkirk; and, if so, at what port or ports?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS-DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's, for Mr. RITCHIE)My 294 right hon. Friend has for some time had under consideration the question of extending to other Continental Ports the scheme for the transmission of seamen and their wages which is now being tried at Dunkirk. An officer of the Board of Trade has been engaged in making inquiries for this purpose at Havre, Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam, and as soon as my right hon. Friend has received and considered that officer's report, he expects to be in a position to judge whether the transmission scheme can with advantage be extended to any of those ports.