§ 25. Captain P. MACDONALDasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the inquiry, under Lord Merrivale, into the recent loss of certain British ships will be solely confined to the causes of those particular losses, or whether it will be empowered to examine the general provisions in existence at the present time to prevent ships proceeding td sea in an unseaworthy condition?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANWhile the Formal Investigation into the recent loss of four British ships will be confined to those particular losses, the Court will have before it the existing general provisions applying to the class of ship to which the ships in question belonged.