CAPTAIN CRAIGTo ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the cost of a whistling buoy, which has been recommended by the Irish Lights Commissioners to be moored off Strangford Bar; and whether, in taking into consideration the cost, he will also bear in mind the dangerous nature of the coast which it is proposed to protect, as also the fact that during 381 the autumn and winter severe weather is experienced in that particular locality.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The Commissioners of Irish Lights estimate that the cost of a whistling buoy and duplicate with moorings will be £1,000 if placed with twelve months, and that the cost will be practically twice as great if the buoy is placed within three months. All the circumstances of the locality will be taken into consideration.