§ MR. DONALD SULLIVANasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether, in July last, the lighthouse keepers on the Irish Coast sent in to the Commissioners of Irish Lights a petition praying to be placed on the same scale as regards pay as the keepers on the Scotch and English Coasts; whether a reply has since been returned to the petition; if not, on what ground; and, when the Commissioners will be able to make up their minds on the question, and announce the result?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. MUNDELLA)The Commissioners of Irish Lights last month forwarded to the Board of Trade, 1020 for statutory sanction, a proposal for certain increased allowances being paid to the light keepers in their service. That proposal is under the consideration of the Board of Trade, and the Commissioners have been asked for further details and information, which have not yet come to hand.