§ MR. CHARLES McARTHURTo ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the annual cost of maintenance of the Outer Dowsing, Inner 385 Dowsing, and Breaksea lightships, also of St. Catherine's (electric) and Pendeen; (oil) lights and sirens respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I am informed that the average cost of maintenance at the—
In the case of the three first named the average is based on seven years' expenditure, in the other two on three years' expenditure, and the figures in these two cases include the wages for the whole station and the cost of upkeep of the buildings.
£ Outer Dowsing (with a siren fog signal) is 1,431 Inner Dowsing (with a hand horn only) is 1,243 Breaksea (with a reed horn fog signal) is 1,363 St. Catherine's, electric light £1,075 St. Catherine's, electric light fog signal 112 1,187 Pendeen, oil light £504 Pendeen, fog signal 87 591