HC Deb 17 December 1912 vol 45 cc1325-7W
Mr. MORTON

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now give the total cost of the Wreck Com-

(A) Paid by the Treasury direct from Miscellaneous Legal Expenses Vote.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Wreck Commissioner's salary 1,050 0 0
Salary of Wreck Commissioner's secretary 75 0 0
Salary of Weck Commissioner's Clerk 75 0 0
Assessors' remuneration, subsistence allowance and travelling expenses 500 0 0
139 2 0
156 17 8
80 19 6
73 18 0
950 17 2
Shorthand writing 622 15 6
Clerical assistance, indexing, etc. 78 12 11
Travelling and incidental expenses 39 3 8
Hire of hall (including cost of fitting up as Court), estimate 360 0 0
£3,301 9 3
(B) Charges for Stationery and Printing.
Cost of printing Report and Evidence 1,147 3 0
Cost of miscellaneous stationery 67 10 0
1,214 13 0
Less proceeds from sale of copies of Report and Evidence—estimate 280 0 0
934 13 0
£4,236 2 3
(C) Payable by the Board of Trade.
Sir Rufus Isaacs, M.P., Counsel for the Board of Trade 2,458 2 0
Sir J. A. Simon, M.P., counsel for the Board of trade 2,425 4 0
Mr. Aspinall counsel for the Board of trade 2,345 12 0
Mr. Rowlatt counsel for the Board of trade 1,249 3 6
Mr. R. Asquith counsel for the Board of trade 864 0 0
Mr. Alexander Smith, Solicitor who instructed Mr. Thomas Scanlan, M.P., as Counsel on behalf of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union 750 0 0
Messrs. Helder Roberts and Company, Solicitors who instructed Mr. A. Clement Edwards, M.P., as Counsel on behalf of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Worker's union 750 0 0
Mr. C. G. P. Farrell, Solicitor who instructed Mr. H. D. Harbinson as Counsel on behalf of 3rd class passengers 630 0 0
Messrs. C. G. Bradshaw and Waterson, Solicitors who instructed Mr. Adair Roche as Counsel on behalf of Marine Engineers' Association 212 10 7
Messrs. Miller, Taylor and Holmes, Solicitors who appeared by their Mr. L. S. Holmes on behalf of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild 250 0 0
Mr. Lewis, charges and expenses in connection with his appearance on behalf of the British Seafarers' Union 72 0 6
Mr. Cotter, charges and expenses in connection with his appearance on behalf of the National Union of Stewards 68 2 0
H.M. Consul-General at New York, payments for transcript of shorthand notes of proceedings in America, for legal assistance, for fees in connection with the taking of depositions of witnesses in America and for stenographers and cables 555 17 1
Other Consuls, costs and expenses in connection with the taking of declarations 11 1 2
General witnesses, detention payments 1,908 12 5
Solicitor's Agent at Plymouth, expenses incurred in connection with the taking of depositions at Plymouth 205 15 10
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, general assistance in supplying charts, particulars of wireless telegrams, including attendance at Inquiry and work of Mr. Turnbull, their deputy-manager, and work of other clerks and operators in their service 173 13 9

mission Inquiry on the loss of the ss. "Titanic," with the details of such expenditure and the names of those who received payments?

Mr. ROBERTSON

presented the following statement of expenses incurred in connection with the Inquiry into the loss of of the ss. "Titanic":—

Cunard Steamship Company, expenses in securing the attendance at the Inquiry of Captain Rostron, of the ss. "Carpathia" 79 14 5
Messrs. Harland and Wolff, for numerous plans, models and work and attendance at Inquiry of their Mr. Wilding and three others in their service 574 11 0
Charts 11 4 0
Service of summonses and affidavits 8 10 0
Copying and typing 175 0 0
Incidentals (including cabs, etc.) 15 0 0
Cost of reproduction of the evidence taken by the United States Senate Committee 201 9 4
£20,231 5 10

NOTE.—A few of the above items are merely approximate figures, and the total cost is exclusive of the cost of printing and reprinting various Departmental Memoranda required in connection with the case. It is also exclusive of a comparatively small amount of remuneration for extra work incurred in connection with the Inquiry.