§ MR. LEAasked the Secretary to the Treasury, How much, out of the last money granted for Bunnatroohan Pier and Harbour (£980 for deepening the harbour and providing a boat slip) has been expended—1st. On actual labour; 2nd, On superintendence by clerk of works and overseer; 3rd. On materials; when this work was commenced, and when it is expected to be completed; if, before it is transferred to the county, it will be ascertained by the Board of Works that the paving is not likely to be torn up again by the first heavy sea, as on a former occasion; if the county surveyor's report on the stability of the work will be obtained before the county is saddled with it; and, if it be a fact that the boat slip is perfectly useless, and that the fishermen are worse off than ever for a convenient place to haul up their boats, it being nearly practically impossible for boats to be hauled by the slip recently made; and, if any steps will be taken to have it improved?
§ MR COURTNEYSir, this work will have cost £1,074, of which £680 goes in labour, £219 in superintendence, and £213 in materials. It was commenced in July, 1881, and will be finished this autumn, the slowness of the progress being due to the fact that the work to be done lies below high water mark. The decision to construct this boat-slip was made and the design for it settled by the Joint Fishery Piers Committee, and the work has been carried out in a most substantial manner. There appears to be no reason for doubting the correctness of the Committee's judgment, or for having a further and unprecedented survey made before it is dealt 722 with, as directed by the Fishery Piers Act.