The last few days of the American inquiry into the
loss of the Titanic' did not produce any new evidence of import- ance. One hundred and sixty-seven of the 210 survivors of the crew arrived at Plymouth last Sunday. The Board of Trade had made arrangements to prevent any one conversing with them till their depositions bad been taken. The deposi- tions were for the purpose of allowing the British Court of Inquiry to choose witnesses likely to give material information- On Monday Mr. Buxton announced in the House of Commons that companies which own 95 per cent. of the passenger vessels of 10,000 tons and upwards have undertaken to supply their vessels with enough boats and rafts to accommodate every one on board. The 'Mackay-Bennett,' which searched the neighbourhood of the wreck for bodies, returned to Halifax on Monday. Three hundred and six bodies were recovered, and of these 116 were buried at sea.
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