The removal of the restrictions to which the hon. Member refers applies only to the limits mentioned in Sub-Clause (b) (2) of the first proviso to the Lascar Agreement; these limits do not include the Baltic. Since last September, when the restrictions were suspended, medical reports on the health of lascar seamen returning from Northern latitudes have been received only from Calcutta, no such crew having been discharged at Bombay. The reports from Calcutta, cover 11 vessels, and in no case are ill effects due to cold climates mentioned as calling for special notice. The Shipping Master at Calcutta is of the opinion that the lascars have stood the climate very well, and the Government of India consider that this opinion is justified.