§ MR. VESEY KNOXI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he will direct the attention of the Belfast Board of Guardians to the pollution of the Forth 1165 river by the sewage of Ligoniel, which successive medical officers of health have reported to be dangerous to health!
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI understand that this matter has been under the special consideration of the Belfast Board of Guardians, acting as the Rural Sanitary Authority, but that, in consequence of the Belfast Corporation Bill now before Parliament, which proposes to include the district of Ligoniel, the Guardians have deferred taking any further action in the matter at present. I may add that I am informed that the pollution of the stream in question has recently to some extent been reduced by some of the owners of mills and factories at Ligoniel.