§ Major HAYWARDasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a brief statement of the effect of the Jones Shipping Act?
§ Sir R. HORNEIt is impossible for me, as yet, to pronounce any opinion as to the effect of the Act referred to. I have only got telegraphed summaries of the most important provisions and I shall be glad to furnish the hon. and gallant Member with a resumé of those terms, if he so desires; but some time must elapse before anything of value can be said as to their effect.