§ CAPTAIN DONELANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, whether, in regard to the alterations necessary to render H.M.S. Black Prince suitable as a training ship for Cork Harbour, preference will be given to local contractors?
§ MR. MACARTNEYThe Admiralty desire, that, if practicable, the alterations shall be carried out by local contractors at Queenstown, and tenders will be called for in the ordinary course; but no pledge of preference can be given.