§ MR. SEXTONI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Shannon navigation is controlled by the Irish Board of Works; whether he is aware that no lights are provided by the Board in connection with the Shannon navigation, to enable steamers, boats, &c., to travel at night; and whether the Board will conform to the English practice, namely, that of the Harbour Department of the Board of Works, by providing suitable and sufficient lighting accommodation to enable vessels to be navigated on the waters under its care?
§ A LORD OF THE TREASURY (Sir H. MAXWELL,) WigtonThe Irish Board of Works only controls the navigation of the Shannon above Limerick, and I am not aware that they are under any 1299 statutory or other obligation to light that portion of the river. As regards the English practice, I understand that the Board of Trade have nothing to do with lighting the non-tidal parts of rivers.