§ MR. AMBROSE (Middlesex, Harrow)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that of the number of persons (sailors) rejected by the Board of Trade as colour blind, as appears from the Board's report, 1897, 41.6 per cent. of those that were rejected and appealed were, on appeal, proved; and whether the Board of Trade propose to take any steps to revise their tests?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) Croydon5,017 persons were examined in colour vision during the year 1896, and of this number 56 failed to pass. Of the 56, 12 availed themselves of the right to appeal, and 5 were successful. The present system of sight tests is based upon a report of a Committee of the Royal Society especially appointed to inquire into the subject, and I am advised that no case has been made out for revising it.