§ Sir BASIL PETOI desire to present to this honourable House a humble Petition on behalf of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild, representing nearly 5,000 masters and officers of the Merchant Service. The Petition prays this honourable House that Article 41 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, be not approved for ratification and be not enforced by Act of Parliament or Order in Council on board British ships.