§ MR. GILHOOLYI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, what has been the cost per week, since the 30th January last, of the attendance of the steamship Alert on the Fastnet Rock 214 Lighthouse; whether a local contractor tendered to perform the work at less than £3 per week, under penalties, and give the choice of two of the best boats on the coast; and, if so, why was his tender rejected; and whether he is aware that it was one of the boats offered by the contractor referred to that effected the relief of the imprisoned and starving light keepers during the severe gales of the 23rd and 24th January last?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)I have asked the Lighthouse Board in Dublin for information to enable me to answer the hon. Member's question, and I will let him know the result.