§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the absence of a light at the entrance of Ballycotton Harbour, county Cork, constitutes a serious danger to fishing and other vessels on dark nights, steps will be taken to establish a small light either on the pier or breakwater?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEI am informed by the Commissioners of Irish Lights that the light suggested by the honourable and gallant 536 Member would not be for the benefit of general navigation, which is sufficiently protected by the existing lighthouse. If a light on the pier or breakwater is required for fishing and other vessels using Ballycotton Harbour, it should be placed there at the expense of the locality, and would not be one which ought to be paid for out of the genera lighthouse fund.