§ MR. M'CARTANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the want of harbour accommodation at Newcastle, County Down; whether he is aware that the last Return of " Sea Fisheries of the United Kingdom " shows that, in 1885, the quantity of fish conveyed inland by railway from Newcastle was 25 tons, and that every year since then the amount so conveyed has gradually increased, and amounted in 1890 to 197 tons; and whether, considering the great loss to the country, and the serious danger to the lives of the fishermen, he will make inquiry as to the desirability of providing the necessary harbour accommodation there?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURRepresentations have been received from time to time by successive Governments, asking that the harbour of Newcastle (County Down) should be repaired. The Grand Jury have declined to undertake the work, and as the Board of Works estimate that the cost would be at least £13,000, the Government would not at the present moment feel justified in asking Parliament to vote this amount, having regard to the large sums it has already recently voted for works in Ireland.