§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)To ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether his attention has been called to the recent loss of life from men falling overboard steam, trawl, and line fishing vessels; and whether he will consider the advisability of requiring that such vessels should be fitted with safety rails to prevent such accidents.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The Board of Trade have given attention to this subject, and ever since 1890 have pressed upon skippers the desirability of providing stanchions and life lines The Department will continue to urge the expediency of using such appliances, but it has no power to require their adoption.
| Description. | Cattle, Sheep, and Swine. | |
| 1892. | 1902. | |
| No. | No. | |
| Cattle | 502,237 | 419,488 |
| Sheep | 79,048 | 293,199 |
| Swine | 3,826 | — |
| Description. | Dead Meat. | |
| 1892. | 1902. | |
| cwt. | cwt. | |
| Beef | 2,923,022 | 4,438,917 |
| Mutton | 1,768,378 | 3,745,095 |
| Bacon, Hams, and Cork | 5,494,971 | 7,432,632 |
| Rabbits | 107,630 | 451,457 |
| Meat other than Beef or Mutton (Preserved otherwise than by salting) | 163,098 | 247,434 |
| Meat (unenumerated) (salted or fresh) | 150,573 | 655,023 |
| Total Dead Meat | 10,607,672 | 16,970,558 |