§ MR. COX (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the ruinous condition of the Scariff (County Clare) Docks and the roadway leading thereto has been brought under the notice of the Irish Board of Works, in whom the control of the docks and the Scariff River navigation is vested; whether it is a fact that there is neither a crane nor a weighing machine on the pier, although there is a regular service of twelve steamers plying to and from the dock weekly; and whether, in view of the great importance of this quay to the trade of the surrounding neighbourhood, he will give instructions to the Board of Works to have the necessary inprovements immediately carried out?
SIR J. GORSTI am informed that the Scariff Quay is in fair order, and the road up to it within the Board's boundaries is in good order. I am advised that the traffic would not justify the erection of a crane by the Government, and there is no weighing machine at any quay on the Shannon. The approach road from Scariff is a County road, and the Board cannot spend money in improving it.
§ MR. COXWill the right hon. Gentleman inquire whether there is not a weighing machine at Killaloe?