§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork County, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether any contract has yet been entered into for carrying out the proposed railway extension at Baltimore to deep water; and, if not, can he state the cause of the delay.
§ MR. ATKINSONAt the request of my right hon. friend, I will reply to this question. The Irish Government are not aware that any contract has been entered into for the extension of the Baltimore Railway to deep water, nor are they aware that any company proposes to promote the construction of the railway. With regard to the question of financial co-operation on the part of the Government, I must refer to the reply given by my right hon. friend the Chief Secretary to the similar inquiry of the hon. Member for the St. Patrick's Division of Dublin on the 24th July last*, to which I have nothing to add.