§ MR. WILLIAM ALLAN (Gateshead)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade when the new lighthouse and fog signal are to be erected on the Black Head, Ireland; and, when is a new lighthouse to be erected at the Maiden Rocks, Ireland.
§ MR. RITCHIEI am informed by the Commissioners of Irish Lights that a site has been obtained for the new lighthouse and fog signal on the Black Head, and that the work will be proceded with at at once. No proposal for a new lighthouse at the Maiden Rooks is before the Board of Trade.
§ MR. W. ALLANIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the present lighthouse is 70 years old?
§ MR. RITCHIEI do not know its age.