§ MR. MOONEYI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what payment, if any, is being made to the Treasury by the London and North-Western Railway Company for the use of the Carlisle Pier, Kingstown Harbour.
§ MR. HOBHOUSEThe question of the dues to be charged for the use of Kingstown Harbour is still under consideration.
§ MR. MOONEYAre we to understand that from 1st April last the London and North-Western Railway Company have been using this pier free of charge?
§ MR. HOBHOUSENo, but there has been a very small charge.
§ MR. MOONEYDid not the hon. Gentleman's predecessor say that the company should be charged the same as the City of Dublin Company? Have not the Commission of Kingston Harbour stated that they only intend to charge the London and North-Western Railway Company 5s. per trip or about £150 a year, while the City of Dublin pay £2,000 annually, and why was this preferential tariff given to an English company?
§ MR. HOBHOUSEAll these points will be borne in mind in considering this question.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWas not Lord Stalbridge, the chairman of the London and North-Western Railway Company, at one time chief Treasury Whip in this House?
§ [No Answer was returned.]