§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Dublin Co., S.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If Arklow Harbour has been completed according to the original plans and contract; whether the works on the northern side, as originally proposed, have been abandoned; and, if so, is it because the money provided has been already expended in making good the damage caused to the breakwater; and, can he say how much it would still cost to complete the harbour on the original plan?
§ MR. W. J. CORBET (Wicklow, E.)also asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If the Arklow Harbour is completed; and, if so, what is the total cost of the works?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.), in reply, said, that the construction of the northern works included 1757 in the original plan had been suspended for the present, and further funds must be raised and charged on the locality if it should be intended to proceed with the northern works. The total sum provided for the harbour had been expended. Owing to damage that occurred during construction, the probable additional cost to complete it would be about £5,000. The total cost of the work had been £35,416, which included £5,000 paid to the Wicklow Copper Mining Company in compensation for their interest in the harbour.
§ MR. W. J. CORBETasked the right hon. Gentleman, was he aware that a plan and model had been placed in the Irish Exhibition by the Board of Works; whether it is stated on the plan that the works have been completed; and, whether the Board of Works were justified in stating that the works have been completed when they were in the incomplete state which he had just mentioned?
§ MR. JACKSONsaid, he had not seen the plan or model in the Irish Exhibition; but it would be certainly incorrect to say that the works had been completed. He understood, however, that the southern portion of the works had been completed.