§ MR. CLANCYI beg to ask th Secretary to the Treasury, with reference to the action of the Board of Works, Dublin, in the matter of Rush Harbour, whether an opening made by the Board itself in the groyne in the harbour soon after it was built has chiefly caused the silting which takes place there; and, if so, whether the Board will first close this opening before insisting on the harbour being cleaned out at the expense of the ratepayers.
§ MR. VICTOR CAVENDISHNo, Sir, the opening in the groyne does not cause the silting, and it is not proposed to close it.