HC Deb 24 June 1898 vol 60 cc38-9
CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)

On behalf of the honourable Member for East Waterford, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what relief would be given to the ratepayers of the county Waterford, by the terms of the Local Government Bill, towards the reduction of the guarantee now paid by them to the Waterford, Dungarvan, and Lismore Railway?

MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. GERALD BALFOUR)

If the railway in question comes within the provisions of clause 50, paragraph 4, of the Bill, the amount of relief to which the guaranteeing baronies would appear to be entitled on the present rate is roughly estimated at £3,130.