§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he has received resolutions from the Limerick Chamber of Commerce and Limerick Harbour Board, complaining that the Congested Districts Board have, to the detriment of the Port of Limerick, subsidised the Clyde Company at Cork; and whether he can state on what grounds the Board have refused a subsidy to a Limerick steamer trading with the south and south-west ports.
†See page 147.753
§ MR. WYNDHAMThis matter received the very careful consideration of the Congested Districts Board, and the conclusion come to was that a case for subsidising two lines of steamers on the same coast was not made out. The payment of the subsidy to the Clyde Company has been continued for a further period of one year, as a tentative measure.