§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware of the difficulty experienced by men serving in the Achill Island coastguard station in obtaining fuel, light, groceries, wearing apparel, and other ordinary necessaries of life except at very enhanced prices, owing to in accessibility of the station; and whether in view of the fact that at many other less inaccessible stations extra allowances have been made to the men, he will authorise 1s. a day per man extra to those serving on Achill Island.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The question of the cost of living at the stations on Achill Island has already been considered, and has been met by the grant of an allowance to cover the cost of conveyance of provisions from Newport to those stations. It is not considered that any further assistance is necessary.