SIR CHARLES DILKEForest of Dean) (Gloucestershire,To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state what number of boys is now carried under the Reduced Light Dues Clause of the Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act of 1898.
(Answer.) 1,523 boys have been enrolled, but it is difficult to estimate the number actually carried at any given moment.—(Board of Trade.)