§ MR. ASHLEY (Lancashire, Blackpool)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether in view of the fact that January, 1904, was the last occasion on which one of His Majesty's ships sailed with mails and parcels from Cape Town to Tristan da Cunha, he will favourably consider the petition, addressed to the Government of Cape Colony by the relations of these islanders living in that colony, praying that the custom of despatching a war ship annually from Simon's Bay to that island may be revived.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe Admiralty have no knowledge of any such petition.
§ MR. ASHLEYWill the right hon. Gentleman inquire?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe hon. Gentleman had better communicate with the Foreign Office.