§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)I beg to ask tin; Secretary to the Treasury whether any inspection of the harbour works at Newcastle, County Down, was made during the recess; whether any Report has been since made on the present state of the harbour; and whether ho will advise a grant to be made to render the harbour a place of safety for the purpose of protecting the lives of the fishermen engaged there?
§ * THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.So formal Report has been made; but when I was in Ireland I visited Newcastle during the month of November, in company with the Chairman and chief engineer of the Board of Works. After hearing the views of those locally interested, and subsequently discussing the subject with the professional advisers of the Treasury, I came to the conclusion that I should not be justified in proposing a grant of public money for the reconstruction of the harbour.