§ MR. PAULTON (Durham, Bishop Auckland)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has b en drawn to a letter from Mr. F. Comyn, published in the Pall Mall Gazette, offering a site, building material, &c, for the construction of a fishery pier in a suitable part of Galway Bay, possessing great natural advantages for the development of the fishing industry; and whether he will take steps to ascertain if the facts are as stated in the latter; and, if such should prove to be the case, whether he will consider the advisabilify of affording every assistance in the power of the Government to carry out such a scheme by suitable means for the benefit of the poor and industrial population of that district?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI shall take steps to inquire as to the facts of the case. If the scheme be found desirable, I shall be glad to consider what power the Government have to promote it.