§ MR. W. HOPE (Somersetshire, N.)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether there exists any definition of the wreckage which it is the duty of boatmen who find it to report to the Customs authorities.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) By Section 510 of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the expression "wreck" is defined as including "jetsam, flotsam, lagan, and derelict found in or on the shores of the sea or any tidal water," and by Section 518 of the same Act any person finding wreck within the limits of the United Kingdom must deliver it to the Receiver of Wreck, and if he fails to do so he renders himself liable to a fine not exceeding £100. By Section 72 of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, Section 518 of the Act of 1894 is made applicable to wreck found outside of and brought within the limits of the United Kingdom.