asked the President of the Board of Trade why his Department retains £19 14s. 11d., wages due to Patrick Rowlands, 41, Slade Street, Liverpool, late fireman on the steamship "Essex"; and is he prepared to hand this money over to Mr. Rowlands?

The amount in question was received over 14 years ago under Section 28 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, and cannot legally be paid to the seaman because the shipowner has given written notice of objection to such payment under Sub-section (8).