Sir A. Salter:

A number of societies are engaged in the supply of comforts for men in the Merchant Navy, amongst which I might mention the Missions to Seamen, the British Sailors' Society and the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. The British Ship Adoption Society is also collecting and distributing parcels of all kinds to ships and has already established a large number of centres at which woollen comforts are being knitted for seamen. I understand from the Secretary of the King George's Fund for Sailors that at almost every port there is some local society or organisation catering for the comfort and welfare of merchant seamen. I am publishing a fuller statement with the addresses.