§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYI beg to present a humble petition from the Mercantile Marine Service Association and the Imperial Merchant Services Guild, signed by 8,729 British-born navigating officers all in active service and afloat, including 256 licensed pilots and 5,228 certificated masters, praying that article 41 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, be not ratified on the grounds that no necessity exists for the proposed change in the helm orders and that it would involve grave danger of catastrophe at sea.