§ MR. SEXTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has observed that the deposit of seaweed enfiltrated by sewage on the Holywood foreshore was described by a medical man, in evidence given before the Holywood Petty Sessions on the 22nd ultimo, as most offensive, sickening, and dangerous, and that the Magistrates dismissed the summons brought by the Belfast Board of Guardians against the landlord, and intimated that they considered it the duty of the Board of Guardians to remove the nuisance; and, whether the Irish Local Government Board may now be expected to take any effective steps in the case for the protection of the public?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe facts are as stated in the first paragraph of the question. The Guardians appear to have referred the matter to their solicitor on the 13th instant, to advise as to their liability and power to abate the nuisance complained of.
§ In reply to a further question by Mr. SEXTON,
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURsaid: I do not know that the Local Government Board have any power to interfere.