§ MAJOR JAMESON (Clare, W.)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade if he will state if the Barrels lightship cable broke inside or outside the recently repaired portion; whether the mushroom was sighted at the time the cable was overhauled; and if the chief officer who examined the chain was the same who wrongly marked the Margaretta Shoals buoy, Galway Bay.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) I am informed by the Commissioners of Irish Lights that they are unable to say where the Barrels lightship cable broke, a considerable quantity having been lost when the vessel drifted from her station. The mushroom was not sighted when the cable was overhauled. As regards the last part of the Question, I am informed by the Commissioners that the Margaretta buoys have never been incorrectly marked.