§ Mr. MEYSEY-THOMPSONasked the President of the Board of Trade who have been appointed to replace the coastguards for the purpose of working life-saving apparatus at those stations which have been closed during the last four years; and what technical training has the new staff received for the duties now imposed upon them?
Mr. BUXTONWhere a coastguard station has been abolished, and the life-saving apparatus had hitherto been in charge of the Coastguard, other men have been enrolled in the life-saving apparatus company in place of the Coastguard men no longer available. These volunteer companies are thoroughly acquainted with the working of the apparatus. When a
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— England and Wales. Scotland. Ireland. United Kingdom. Estimated adult male population on 1st January, 1910 9,440,000 1,261,572 1,210,046 11,911,618 Number of persons on the Parliamentary Registers for 1910 6,222,054 785,208 698,787 7,706,049 Number of persons on the Parliamentary Registers for Constituencies in which there were contests at the General Election, 1910 6,153,666 785,208 273,463 7,212,337 Number of persons who voted at the General Election, 1910 (provisionally correct) 5,770,661 676,621 220,528 6,667,810 new company is formed an inspector of life-saving apparatus instructs the men in their first drills; thereafter they are drilled quarterly by an inspector, or by a divisional officer of Coastguard.