§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the vessel "The Alert," while recently engaged upon a pilotage examination, struck a rock in Rocquaine Bay and had to be sent to Southampton for repairs; and whether the whole of the candidates on board duly passed the examination and are now qualified pilots?
Mr. BUXTONI am aware of the casualty to "The Alert," but I am unable to answer the latter part of the question. The Board of Trade have no pilotage jurisdiction in the Channel Islands.