§ MR. JAMES GILHOOLY (Cork Co., W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what the yearly amount of the tolls collected in connection with the Bantry Pier is, and what amount is to the credit of the pier account; whether, pursuant to the provisions of 9th and 10th Vict. cap. 3, all moneys collected as tolls of said pier ought to be expended for its repairs and the dredging of the adjacent harbour and, whether, in view of the fact 1223 that a portion of the harbour now requires to be dredged, he will recommend that it shall be immediately done?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe average annual amount of tolls collected at this pier is £45. The accounts are submitted to the Grand Jury at each Assizes, and any expenditure on repairs is met by Grand Jury presentment. Section 7 of the 16 and 17 Vict. cap. 136 imposes on the Grand Jury the duty of repairing the pier and maintaining the works of the harbour such as they were when transferred to the county by the Board of Works. I have no information that the Grand Jury have failed to properly maintain the harbour, as to depth, but have caused inquiry to be made on this point.