§ Mr. JAMES O'CONNORI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will cause a survey to be made of the harbour of Wicklow in pursuance of Section 39 of the Dublin Corporation Waterworks Act, 1861, to ascertain whether the harbour or channel of Wicklow has been damaged or the depth therein lowered to less than the standard depth ascertained in last certificate of survey, by reason of the abstraction of the waters of the River Vartry; and, if so, will he cause the Dublin Corporation to maintain such standard depth of water, or enforce the penalty provided as a debt due to the Harbour Commissioners of Wicklow.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. ARNOLD-FORSTER,) Belfast, W.The matter is one for the Board of Trade, as the powers possessed by the Admiralty under the Act referred to by the hon. Member were transferred to the Board of Trade by the Harbours Transfer Act, 1862, (25 and 26 Victoria, Cap. 69).