§ MR. HAVELOCK WILSON (Middlesbrough)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the number of lascars employed as sailors, firemen, coal trimmers, boys, and assistant cooks on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamship "Rome" on her last voyage; whether he will give such statement from the list supplied to the officers of Customs under section 125, sub-section 4, of the Merchant Shipping Act; and whether he can state how many cubic feet of space were provided for each lascar seaman employed on this vessel on her last voyage?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEI am informed that the number of lascars employed on the Peninsular and Oriental steamship "Rome" on her latest voyage, in the capacities of sailors, firemen, coal trimmers, boys, and assistant cooks, as taken from the list supplied to officers of Customs, was 112. The space in cubic feet provided for each lascar was 80.3, which, as the honourable Member is aware, is in excess of the requirements of both the Indian and the Imperial Acts.
§ MR. HAVELOCK WILSONWhen will the Report of the Solicitors to the Board of Trade on this subject be read?.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEI am unable to say. I am not consulting the Solicitors, but the Law Officers of the Crown—the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General.