§ 65. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department proposes to release day excursion steamers from the restrictions which were imposed during the War; whether he can make any statement as to when such restrictions will be withdrawn; and, in view of the importance of this traffic to many holiday resorts around the coast, whether he can state when this traffic will be allowed to return to pre-War conditions?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANPassenger certificates will be issued as usual to excursion steamers this year, subject to the adoption of certain necessary precautions against the danger which, I am advised, still exists of encountering floating mines