§ Colonel DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of alien seamen employed by British shipowners on 30th April, 1926, as compared with the number employed on 30th April, 1924, together with the number of British seamen employed on foreign vessels on the same dates?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERInformation as to the number of alien seamen employed in the British Mercantile Marine was contained in an answer given to the hon. Member for Southampton (Lord Apsley) on the 17th December, 1924, a copy of which I am sending to the hon. Member, with additions to bring the statistics up to date. The only information I have in regard to the number of British seamen employed on foreign ships is contained in the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Navigation of the United States. These reports relate solely to seamen engaged before Shipping Commissioners for service on American vessels, and show that for the years ended 30th June, 1924 and 1925, the number of British seamen so engaged was 30,911 and 28,871 respectively.
562WExchange in each week of the period 4th January, 1926, to 31st May, 1926: