asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, as the result of his promised inquiries into the matter, he can now lay upon the Table of the House copies of any Regulations now in force in Holland, Belgium, France, and Germany, respectively, as to the carriage of deck loads of heavy or other timber by sea-going vessels owned by the subjects or entering the ports of those countries?

The replies to the inquiries made are not yet complete, and I am, therefore, not yet in a position to furnish the information for which the hon. Member asks.