§ MR. M'DERMOTT (Kilkenny, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has any information as to the alleged intention of the Grand Canal Company of Ireland to abandon the traffic on the river Shannon owing to the conduct of the Irish Board of Works; and whether he will make representations to this Board with a view to their treating the Grand Canal Company in a more generous manner.
§ MR. HANBURYThe answer to the first paragraph is in the negative. I am informed that the Board of Works are training the company in all respects in a very liberal manner, and that their conduct compares very favourably with that of the company towards bye-traders on their own canal. The tolls charged to the company by the Board are far below those charged by the company; and the Board are not making any profit out of them.