§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to say what steps have been taken to secure remuneration for James Galvin for his services in saving the vessel which, but for his help, would have been wrecked on the coast of Kerry, near Ballinskelligs Bay.
(Answered by Mr. Kearley.) The Board of Trade have obtained a statement regarding this matter from the master of the "Forest Hall," who denies that the vessel was in distress, and states that he merely asked Galvin to show him the anchorage in Ballinskelligs Bay, and promised to pay him the usual pilotage fees in and out, amounting to £5. The matter is one for decision by the Courts, and is not one in regard to which the Board of Trade have any power to intervene.