§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the attention of the Local Government Board for Ireland has been called to the effects of the periodical flooding in the city of Belfast; and whether, seeing that the flooding is due to the defective drainage scheme at present in operation, it is intended to hold a sworn inquiry into the causes and required remedies of the evil.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Board has been in correspondence with the Belfast Corporation in this matter. It has engaged the attention of the Works and Improvement Committees of the Corporation for some time past, but definite action has been deferred pending the appointment of a new city surveyor.
§ MR. MACVEAGHHas the attention of the Local Government Board been drawn to the fact that these floods have gone on for many years while the vacancy in the City Surveyorship has existed for only a few weeks?
§ [No answer was returned.]