§ Mr. Cooper-Keyasked the Minister of Transport how many British Somali merchant seamen perished on active service in the last war; and how many of the legal estates of such deceased have been settled and the next-of-kin received their proper inheritance.
§ Mr. Barnes101 British Somali merchant seamen died as a result of enemy action during the last war. The legal estates of these seamen have been settled with the exception of eight in respect of which I am awaiting particulars of legal heirs.