§ MR. D. SHEEHY (Galway, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is the intention of the Irish Board of Works to transfer the work now being done in Limerick in connection with the Shannon navigation; and, if so, for what reason?
§ *MR. HANBURYThe transfer of the work now done in Limerick in connection with the Shannon to a position where it can be carried on with greater economy and expedition has been under the consideration of the Board, and they may arrange for the removal of the headquarters of the superintending engineer to Dublin. The details of the changes requiring to be made have not yet been fully arranged, and the question where the work shall be excuted is still under consideration. Limerick was fairly central in former years, when certain works on the Shannon below the city were under the charge of the Board. By the transfer of these works to local authorities Limerick has ceased to be in any sense central, and is 1727 now the southern extremity of the "Shannon navigation." Traffic is being developed at the northern end of the navigation, and important works of a character which require speedy attention for purposes of repair and maintenance, have been executed, and are in course of completion at that end.