§ 43. Mr. HOUSTONasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of British steamers which were in the Baltic on 4th August, 1914, giving their total net and total gross registered tonnage; and how many British steamers, up to his latest returns, have escaped from the Baltic, giving their total net and total gross registered tonnage, and the date of his latest return?
Mr. HARCOURTThere are no official returns regarding the British vessels in the Baltic, and it would not be expedient to publish any figures at the present moment.