§ 104. Sir ROBERT THOMASasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware thata survey of the water-power resources of North Wales, as it was clearly understood that the Board of Trade Water Power Resources Committee had undertaken, has not yet been made, and that there is danger of their Report being issued before the said surveyis carried out, and consequently without adequate information on the subject so far as North Wales is concerned; and whether he will see that the survey above referred to is carried out forthwith, and that meanwhile the said Committee delay the issue of its Report on the question of the development of electric power in this country?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI understand that certain water powers in North Wales have been surveyed on behalf of the Water Power Resources Committee, and the Chairman informs me that the question of making further surveys is under consideration. I should like to make it clear that the Committee are not investigating all possible water powers, a task which would be quite beyond the capacity of a temporary body; they are only selecting cases which appear to them to be of special significance or importance. The Report, which is being issued to-day, is an interim one only.