§ MR. CHARLES DEVLINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that, in the opinion of the Harbour Commissioners, the lighting of Galway Harbour has been defective during the past five years; that the Harbour Commissioners decided recently to transfer the contract for the lighting to the Galway Gas Company; that, on representations made to the Board of Works by the Messrs. Hutchinson, the new contract was not sanctioned by the Board of Works; that, as a result, there is now no contract for the lighting of the Harbour; and whether he can see his way to have the contract sanctioned by the Board of Works.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (Mr. VICTOR CAVENDISH,) Derbyshire, W.The Board of Works have had the allegations of the Harbour Commissioners as to defective lighting investigated on the spot by one of their officers. They are considering his report, and will shortly communicate their decision to the Harbour Commissioners.