§ MR. O'DONNELLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, If it is in contemplation to transfer the Customs Warehouses at the ports of Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Newry, and Londonderry, to the Excise Department, and to place these ports for Customs purposes in charge of superintendents; and, if not, what is the cause of the 1419 delay in applying the new warehousing regulations to the Customs establishments at these ports; and, if it is proposed to raise the status of Irish ports, which have been or will be made superintending ports of districts where the additional responsibility and amount of work call for it, as has been done with English ports?
§ MR. COURTNEYThe introduction of the new warehousing system at these ports has been delayed by the illness of the officer specially appointed to carry out these changes; but, as he has now recovered, the change will be made in due course. The Irish ports will be treated just like those in Great Britain, where there has been no change of status; but the salaries and staff have been proportioned to the work to be done.