§ VISCOUNT TURNOURI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can obtain from the consular authorities at Hamburg an approximate estimate of the number of English stevedores who have been employed there since 1st March.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEHis Majesty's Consul-General at Hamburg reports that the total number of British dock labourers employed there since 1st March is about 4,500, but several hundreds have left again. I understand that the great majority of these men were not stevedores, but no information is available as to the actual number of British stevedores brought over.
§ VISCOUNT TURNOURHave these 4,000 men lately arrived at Hamburg?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI do not know when they arrived. They have been employed there since 1st March.
§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)How many of the men were discharged from Woolwich Arsenal?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI cannot say.
† Excess of out-going over in-coming passengers.‡ Excess of in-coming over out-going passengers.