HC Deb 02 December 1908 vol 197 cc1430-4
MR. DUNDAS WHITE (Dumbartonshire)

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will say what sites have been acquired within the last ten years by the Trinity House and the Commissioners of Irish Lights, respectively, for purposes connected with the erection of new lighthouses, but not including those acquired for buoys, beacons, or

Statement No. 1:—Particulars of Sites acquired by the Trinity House during the last ten years for purposes connected with new Lighthouses.
Lighthouses. Date acquired. Price. Area. Remarks.
Lundy North Oct. 1899 Nil 2r. 28p. Right of way 490 yards Old lighthouse site exchanged for new sites.
Lundy South Oct. 1899 Nil 1a. 1r.0p. Right of way 380 yards
Pendeen Nov. 1899 £35 4a. 2r. 15p. Right of way 1,100 yards
Jennington Point, River Thames Jan. 1901 £75 100 square yards. Right of way 41 yards
Tripcock Point, River Thames Sept. 1901 2s. 6d. Per annum 178 square yards. Right of way 38 yards
Penlee Oct. 1902 £500 1a. 0r. 18½p. Right of way 1⅞ mile
Coldharbour, River Thames Dec. 1903 £125 100 square yards. Right of way 33 yards
Portland Bill July 1904 £890 Half an acre. Approach 520 yards. Right of way for sewar 72 yards Valuable quarry land.
Berry Head Aug. 1906 £75 404 square yards. Right of way 1 2/5 mile
Strumble Head June 1907 £400 5 ¾acres An island.
Bideford Bar May 1908 £50 178 square yards. Right of way 2¾ miles

other purposes, stating as regards each site the date of purchase, the approximate area, and the purchase price.

(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The following statements which I have received from the Trinity House and the Commissioners of Irish Lights will give my hon. friend the information he desires:—

Statement No. 2:—Particulars of additional Land acquired by the Trinity House during the last ten years in connection with Lighthouses existing prior to this period.
Lighthouses. Date acquired. Price. Area. Remarks.
Foreland, Bristol Channel June 1899 £5 500 square yards Extra land required to extend site to obtain satisfactory foundations for building.
Dungeness May 1903 £100 22 poles, and right of way 480 yards long New site for low light-house.
Foreland, Bristol Channel Oct. 1905 £20 140 square yards Site for magazine and hut for explosive fog-signal.
Foreland, Bristol Channel Aug. 1906 £3 385 square feet Extra for ditto.
Flatholm Oct. 1906 £150 Half an acre. Right of way 100 yards For new siren fog-signal.
Blacknore Feb. 1908 £25 182 square yards For establishment of a gas-holder in connection with improvement of light.
Lundy South Oct. 1908 £53 50 square yards Extra piece of land required as part of site for automatic explosive fog-signal.

Commissioners of Irish Lights.
Return showing Sites acquired during past 10 years for purposes connected with the erection of new Lighthouses, but not including those acquired for Buoys, Beacons, or other purposes, giving names of Lighthouses, Date of Purchase, Approximate Area, and Purchase Price.
Name of lighthouse. When site acquired. Area approximately. Purchase money or rent.
Blackhead 1900 2a. 2r. 37p. £119 18s. 6d.
Barr Point 1904 2a. 0r. 31p. £33.
Inishtrahull 1905 Not stated 1s. per annum for ever.
Mizen Head 1908 30a. lr. 2p. £91 19s. 10d.
Sligo Lights 1908 12 poles £1 per annum. Term 99 years.