§ 2. Mr. MACMASTERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what services on the sea have been rendered by the two representatives of the Admiralty on the Contraband Committee; and whether, without disparaging the personnel of the Committee as at present constituted, he will consider the desirability, in the public interests, of arranging that the Committee should be strengthened by the addition of a sailor of acknowledged and recognised naval service and of two experienced business men, familiar with the ways of commerce and the recognised methods of invoicing, and the use and misuse of bills of lading, in order to give an article carried a designation, character, and destination that it frequently does not possess?
§ The SECRETARY OF STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward GreyThe hon. Member must ask the Admiralty for information as to the qualifications of those chosen to represent it on the Contraband Committee. I believe that one of their representatives has had many years of sea service, that the Committee has the necessary technical knowledge, and that its efficiency would be impaired by in creasing its numbers.