§ Major WHELERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, whether he is aware that many of the ships which take cargoes of coal to Guernsey return in ballast at once to coal ports; and whether, since there are large quantities of stone at Guernsey very suitable for road making and much is required by local authorities for this purpose, he can arrange that vessels bringing coal to Guernsey shall load back with stone to English ports?
Colonel WILSONI have been asked to answer this question. Arrangements are now being made to make tonnage available for the carriage of road stone to English ports by the vessels that proceed to the Channel Islands with coal.