§ MR. COX (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether; and, if so, under what authority, the Irish Board of Works claim rent for the eel fisheries at Killaloe; whether the Board of Works at any time purchased out the interest of the owners of said fisheries; and, if so, if he will state the names of the vendors, the terms of the agreements for purchase, and the amounts paid to each of the parties; whether a notice not to let or mortgage has been received from an inhabitant of Killaloe, who claims these fisheries under Patent from the Crown; and, what course will be adopted under the circumstances.
§ MR. JACKSONI am told that an action at law is pending, and under the circumstances it would not be right that I should enter into any details.