Mr. T. MORRISasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the "City of Paris," on which there was a 575W recent explosion in the boiler-room, carries a crew of 196, all lascars; and whether he is satisfied that the proportion of white seamen is being maintained on vessels of this type?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI am informed that when the steamship "City of Paris" opened her agreement with the crew at Birkenhead on 27th September, 1934, for the current voyage, the crew consisted of 34 Europeans and 170 lascars, and that the proportion of Europeans has been approximately the same for several years.