§ MR. NUSSEY (Pontefract)On behalf of the hon. Member for West Hull I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the length of the pier in Cork Harbour to the drill ground of the training ship, what did it cost, and what is the acreage, rent, and tenure of the drill ground; and whether other land could have been obtained that could have been approached by the ordinary pier, and so render the new pier unnecessary.
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.The length of the pier is 1,913 feet. The cost will probably amount to about £5,700. The area of the drill ground and recreation field is 8½ acres; it is held at a rental of £40 per annum for twenty-one years from 1896. No other suitable site could be obtained.