HC Deb 22 March 1904 vol 132 cc384-5
MR. CHARLES McARTHUR

To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the annual cost of maintenance of the Outer Dowsing, Inner 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—

£
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
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.