§ MR. VANCEsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If his attention has been called to a statement made by the Chairman of the Waterworks Committee in the Municipal Council of Dublin, that a substantial leakage had taken place in the great reservoir of the Vartry Waterworks; if he is aware that notice has been served by the surveyor of the county Wicklow on the Waterworks Committee in reference to the dangerous condition of that reservoir; and if it is the intention of the Irish Government to have the reservoir and works inspected by and reported on by Government engineers?
LORD NAAS, in reply, said, the reservoir had been inspected by two eminent engineers, and information of a satisfactory nature had been received; but he was not at present in possession of full information on the subject. He expected the Report in a few days.