§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Sligo Harbour Commissioners have made frequent applications to the Commissioners of Irish Lights to have lights established at Bowmore for the purpose of enabling vessels entering Sligo Bay at night time to reach safe anchorage, and can he explain why the representations of the Sligo Harbour Commissioners have not been taken notice of by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am informed by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, with whom I have communicated, that they consider that the lights asked for at Bowmore are purely for local benefit, and should not be established at the cost of the General Lighthouse Fund.