MR. O'CONNOR POWERasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true that a woman named Genty was drowned on the 7th instant while endeavouring to cross the River Moy at Cloonacanana, the spot where a new bridge is to be built; and, whether the construction of this necessary work is delayed by some slight differences which have arisen between the Grand Jury of Mayo and the Board of Works?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Board of Works have favoured me with a Report upon the second paragraph of the Question. An examination has to be made of the foundations of the bridge. The Grand Jury asked the Board of Works to have this done. The Board pointed out that that was the duty of the county surveyor, and the Grand Jury have given him the necessary directions for that purpose. It was a perfectly amicable correspondence, and led to no unnecessary delay. Had there been no delay at all it could not have affected the drowning of the woman Genty, who lost her life in attempting to cross the river at the spot where the new bridge was about to be built.