§ MR. NANNETTITo ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade if he can state the number of seamen who met with hurt or injury on board British ships during the year 1904; whether he can state the number of such seamen who were engaged at ports in the United Kingdom; whether he can state the number of such seamen engaged at ports abroad; and whether he can state the number of seamen whose expenses were paid by the owners, and also of those whose expenses were paid out of the wages due to the seamen from the ship.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) The number of seamen reported to the Board of Trade as having been injured during the year 1904 was 2,594, while 1,049 are reported to have lost their lives owing to 429 wreck, casualty, or other accident. I am afraid I cannot give comparable figures with reference to the various other matters referred to by the hon. Member's Question.