§ MAJOR NOLANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If any Report has been made by the Inspectors of Fisheries on an application for a grant in aid of the erection of a pier or boat slip on the Middle Island of Arran, county Galway, and if he will say whether the work has been recommended by the Inspector of Fisheries; and, if so, has he any objection to lay upon the Table a Copy of such Report; if the fishermen of this island have volunteered to contribute a large sum towards such work; and, if he intends to recommend the Treasury to make a grant for the purpose under the Piers and Harbours Act?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER,in reply, said, that the Question ought to have been put to his noble Friend the Secretary to the Treasury. He had, however, been told that the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries had reported upon a draft plan for the erection of a pier, and had recommended the work. The estimated cost was £1,000, and the fishermen had raised £54 towards it. It was not usual, however, for the Board of Works to sanction the grant of any sum unless one-fourth of the amount had been subscribed, and in the present case the authorities could not proceed on the small sum referred to.