§ Mr. LESLIE SCOTTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the scales in use by the Dublin Port and Docks Board will not register differences of weight less than seven pounds; whether he has received, particularly in regard to 931W shipments from Liverpool, any complaints as to the inadequacy of these scales for the satisfactory conduct of business; and, if so, what action he proposes to take to cause them to be replaced by scales of greater commercial utility?
Mr. BUXTONCertain complaints have been received with regard to the weighing at Dublin of consignments from Liverpool, but these complaints have reference not to the weighing machine belonging to the Port and Docks Board, but to one belonging to the Corporation of Dublin. The Board of Trade have been in correspondence with the corporation with regard to the complaints, and a further communcation will be addressed to them. The Board of Trade are aware that the 20-ton weighbridge belonging to the Dublin Port and Docks Board at the North Wall Quay Extension does not indicate differences of weight of less than 7 lbs. This degree of accuracy is customary with such large weighbridges, and the Board of Trade do not regard it as inadequate.