§ MR. BERNARD KELLY (Donegal, S.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether a pier has been lately erected at Bundoran, county Donegal, by the Board of Works, at a cost of about £4,000; if it is so short that it does not meet with the absolute necessities of the place, and that a small steamer which had been put on for the conveyance of passengers and fish from Killybegs to Bundoran, which is the nearest railway station, had to be given up in consequence of not being able to come alongside and discharge either passengers or fish; if the fisheries of Donegal Bay have lately been largely developed, and 336 large quantities of fish sent therefrom to the English markets, but that the trade is overweighted by the expense attendant on sending the fish a very long distance by road before it reaches a railway station, whilst a near one exists at Bundoran, if only the harbour were made convenient for landing at; and, if the Commissioners of Fisheries would approve of the extension of the pier and improvement of the harbour, so as to effect the object so much desired; and, if so, would he authorise the Board of Works to make the improvements so necessary, and thus help the fishing industry of a poor district of country?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON),in reply, said, the bulk of the Question related to matters which were not within his Department; but he might say that a pier had been erected at a cost of £3,500, the scheme and the amount spent having been recommended by the Fishery Piers and Harbours Commissioners. If the same authority recommended an extension, and the funds were forthcoming for it, the Board of Works would be ready to carry out the work.