§ MR. MCCARTANI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, with reference to the necessity for the erection of a lighthouse at Blackhead, county Antrim, whether he will state the nature of the promise or undertaking given by the Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade to the deputation from Belfast which recently waited upon him; whether he is aware that Belfast Harbour Commissioners have no power to erect a light house there, as Blackhead is outside their jurisdiction; and whether, considering that Belfast Lough is so frequently used by master mariners as a place of refuge, 16 he will consider the desirability of causing the lighthouse works to be commenced without delay, in order that it may be used as a danger warning for the coming winter?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEI am informed that the undertaking referred to was to communicate unofficially with the Irish Lights Commissioners on the subject of the desired lighthouse at Blackhead. I have since received a communication from the Commissioners stating that they had applied for sanction for the erection of a lighthouse there. This application will come before me in due course, and I will see that no delay takes place in dealing with it. I am aware that Blackhead is outside the jurisdiction of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners.