§ MR. LANE (Cork Co., E.)asked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the Customs officers at Queenstown, or the Harbour Board of Cork, refuse to give the Allan Steamship Company the same facilities for taking cargo on board their steamers at Queenstown that are given to other Transatlantic Companies; and, if not, whether he can explain why the Allan Company refuse to take cargo at Queenstown, and compel Irish and especially Cork merchants to send their goods, at great inconvenience and expense, to Liverpool for shipment on board board steamers which call at and remain in Cork Harbour for several hours on the following day?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)I am informed that, as far as the Customs officers at Queenstown are concerned, there has been no refusal to give the Allan Steamship Company the same facilities for loading cargo on board their steamers at Queenstown as are given to other Transatlantic Companies; and the collector at Cork, in whose district Queenstown is situated, expressly says the agents of that Company are satisfied with the facilities afforded, and that no complaint has ever been made with regard to them.