§ Mr. NEEDHAMasked the President of the Board of Trade who are the members of the Departmental Committee which is inquiring into the question of load-line of steamers; and whether any one of the members is a master of a steamer?
Mr. BUXTONThe Departmental Committee which has been appointed to advise the Board of Trade as to the attitude which should be adopted by the British representatives at the forthcoming International Conference on Load-line, and for that purpose to inquire and report whether; and, if so, in what respects, the Tables of Freeboard revised in 1906, need further revision in the light of the experience gained since that date of their practical working and effect, is constituted as follows:—
Sir Philip Watts, K.C.B., F.R.S. (Chairman), Adviser on Naval Construction to the Admiralty.
Mr. Westcott S. Abell, Professor of Naval Architects at the University of Liverpool.
Mr. W. David Archer, Principal Ship Surveyor to the Board of Trade.
Sir Archibald Denny, Bart., LL.D., Chairman of the Committee on Bulkheads and Watertight Compartments.
Mr. John Gravell, Chief Representative for the United Kingdom of the Bureau Veritas.
Mr. J. Foster King, Chief Surveyor to the British Corporation for the Survey and Registry of Shipping.
Sir William E. Smith, C.B., late Superintendent of Construction Accounts and Contract Work at the Admiralty.
Mr. S. J. P. Thearle, D.Sc., Chief Ship Surveyor to Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping.
Captain A. H. F. Young, Professional Adviser to the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, for many years in command of steamers.
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