§ MR. GRAYasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether, some two years and a-half ago, the lighthouse on the Calf Rock was washed away, and has not since been replaced; whether he can say when the new lighthouse on the Bull Rock, in the same neighbourhood, will be complete, and what is the cause of the slow progress of the work; and, 1083 whether it is a fact that there is not a single audible fog-signal on the coast from the mouth of the Shannon to Queenstown?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINThe lighthouse on the Calf Rock was destroyed by storm in November, 1881. The Commissioners of Irish Lights inform me that, owing to the very exposed position of the Bull Rock, where a first-class light is to be erected in place of that formerly on the Calf Rock, the works can only be proceeded with with safety during the summer mouths. They do not expect that the light will be exhibited before the autumn of 1886. The necessary preparations for a work of this magnitude takes time; but no opportunity has been or will be lost in pushing on the work. Meantime there is a temporary light on Dursey Head. It is not a fact that there is not a single audible fog signal on the coast between the mouth of the Shannon and Queens-town. There are two—one at the Fast-net lighthouse, and another on board the Daunt Rock light vessel.
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINI believe they are the ordinary syren pattern.