§ MR. DAVID MACIVERI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the illuminant for the new lighthouse on Fastnet Rock, Co. Cork, and the characteristic appearance of the light have been decided upon; and can he say when it is likely the new light will be ready for exhibition.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe illuminant for the Fastnet Lighthouse will be oil, and the characteristic will be 604 a white light shown through a biform apparatus and giving one flash every five seconds. I am informed by the Commissioners of Irish Lights that they expect the light to be exhibited at the end of the autumn of 1903.