§ MR. CHARLES DEVLIN (Galway)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty 1596 if he will give the Admiralty correct distances, in knots, from Galway to each of the following places, viz. New York, U.S.A., Portland, U.S.A., Halifax, N.S., Gaspé Que, vá Cape Race, Gaspé Que, viá Straits of Bellisle, Blacksod Bay, Moville, Belfast, Dublin, Queenstown,, Limerick, Waterford, Glasgow, Barrow, Liverpool, Bristol, Plymouth, Southampton, London, Hull, Newcastle, Leith, and Aberdeen.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The distances in nautical miles, from Galway to the ports named (arranged for convenience alphabetically) are as follows:—
Aberdeen 590 Blacksod Bay 100 Belfast 310 Barrow 400 Bristol 420 Dublin 380 Caspé, viá Bellisle 2,090 Caspé, viá Cape Race 2,170 Glasgow 360 Halifax 2,185 Hull 805 Liverpool 430 Limerick 103 London 690 Leith 675 Moville 255 Newcastle 720 New York 2,735 Plymouth 390 Queenstown 230 Southampton 510