§ Captain WATERHOUSEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if his attention has been called to the fatal accident on the Serpentine on Sunday the 27th instant through the breaking of the ice; if he is aware that no lifebelts, ropes, or other appliances were at hand; that the only boat available was on the far side of the pond and had to be dragged round the bank; and whether he will sec that further precautionary appliances are provided?
§ Sir V. HENDERSONThe answer to the first and third parts of the question is in the affirmative. At the time of this regrettable accident there were warning notices in position. The boat and the appliances are kept by the Royal Humane Society, with whom the Department is in consultation as to the desirability of further precautions.