§ MR. M'GHEEI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to be in possession of the opinion of the Solicitors to the Board of Trade as to whether the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, are applicable to Lascars in like manner with other seamen employed on British registered vessels regardless of the port of engagement?
THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (for the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE)A case upon the point mentioned in the Question has been prepared for submission to the Law Officers of the Crown, upon which an opinion will be obtained in due course.