§ MR. O'DOHERTYI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken by the Irish Lights Commissioners to have removed the wreck, already reported to them, from the Channel, off Burtonport, County Donegal, and thereby remove a source of danger to the shipping frequenting that coast.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am informed by the Commissioners of Irish Lights that they are not aware of the existence of any wreck in the Channel off Burtonport. The attention of the Board of Trade and of the Commissioners was called last September to a letter in a newspaper stating that the writer had seen a wreck seven miles from the west end of Tory Island, but all attempts to trace the writer of the letter have failed. During the present month the Board of Trade has received a letter from the gentleman who originally forwarded the newspaper saying that he, too, had found it impossible to trace the writer, and that he had come to the conclusion that the letter was a hoax.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYWill the right hoe. Gentleman instruct the Irish Lights Commissioners to make a search for the wreckage?
† See page 462.758
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURSo far as can be learned, it has not been seen by anybody.
§ MR. O'DOHERTYBut have von not received a letter from a county councillor and local magistrate stating that the wreck had been seen?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am not aware of it.
§ MR O'DOHERTYYou acknowledged the receipt.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOUROh, it was an anonymous letter, I believe.