§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state whether any, and, if any, how many railway companies have introduced on passenger trains the brake system of communication between railway passengers and the guard.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. RITCHIE,) CroydonThis system has been in use for some years past on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire or Great Central Railway, and also on the Furness and Cambrian Railways. Almost all the principal companies have now decided to adopt it. Correspondence between the Board of Trade and the companies on the subject of railway passenger communication will shortly be presented to Parliament.