§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Dublin Co., S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Irish Lights Board recently sent the ship Princess Alexandra to London to be repaired; what the cost of her repairs amounted to; and, why she was not repaired in Dublin?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)(who replied) said: The Princess Alexandra was sent to London by the Commissioners of Irish Lights in order that the repairs referred to by the hon. Baronet might be carried out under the supervision of the technical staff of the Board of Trade in London, by whom the boilers were designed, and in order that the work might be effected by Messrs. Penn, who originally constructed the engines and boilers. As these repairs have not yet been completed, the cost of them cannot at present be stated.