§ MR. MCCARTAN (Down, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state about what date 1379 the construction of the required lighthouse at Blackhead will be commenced; and if efforts will be made to have it in readiness for use as a danger warning for next winter?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonI have been informed by the Irish Lights Commissioners that they have applied to the Trinity House for their statutory sanction to the erection of a lighthouse at Blackhead. The scheme, if approved by the Trinity House, will then have to be submitted by them to the Board of Trade, for their sanction. In these circumstances, I am not in a position to say when the work, if approved, will be commenced, but it is highly improbable that it will be completed before next winter.