66. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the British ships which leave San Thomé each month for the ports of the Congo and Angola are, or can be, registered for carrying labourers?
Mr. BUXTONPossibly my hon. Friend refers to the conveyance of labourers on deck. British passenger steamers are sometimes allowed to carry deck passengers between ports abroad, but so far as the Board of Trade are aware no such permission has been granted as regards vessels running between the ports named. If my hon. Friend will give me particulars of any case he has in mind I will inquire into it.