§ MR. D. KILBRIDE (Galway, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, (1) with reference to the requirements of the Belfast Town Council to have the footpaths in the extended portions of the borough flagged and square set, whether he will 43 state the number of owners of property in the added area and the number of those whose plans have been passed by the Town Council; and (2) if he is aware that in addition to the Belfast Corporation Hospitals Bill there is also a Belfast Harbour Bill now before Parliament?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am informed by the Town Clerk of Belfast that he has no means of procuring the number of owners of property in the added area of the borough. He states that the number of owners whose plans for new streets have been passed by the City Surveyor is eight, while 60 owners have submitted plans for new buildings. Of the latter, 26 have had their plans approved of, and others are still under consideration. The fact is as stated in the second paragraph. I stated on the 24th ult. that the Belfast Corporation had only one Bill before Parliament. The Harbour Bill is promoted by the Harbour Commissioners, a distinct and different body.