§ MR. FIELDI beg to ask the president of the Board of Trade whether he will confer with Trinity House and communicate with the Irish Lights Board suggesting to them the necessity of placing a light and fog signal at Three Castles Head or Mizen Head, or somewhere on the southern shore of Bantry Bay, and also instruct the Board to place a light and fog signal at the west end of Rathlin, and likewise to place a fog signal at Inishtrahull; and whether he is aware of the demand for those lights and signals.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe placing of a light and fog signal at Three Castles Head or Mizen Head is under the consideration of the lighthouse authorities; it is probable that the improvement in the Fastnet Light and the communication which is about to be established between that lighthouse and the shore may have an important bearing upon the decision. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are prepared to place a light and fog signal at Rathlin Island, but the financial questions attending the heavy cost of the works have not yet been settled. It has been determined to establish a fog signal at Inishtrahull. I must point out that the Board of Trade have no power to "instruct" the lighthouse authorities to undertake specific works as suggested by the hon. Member in his Question.