§ MR. FULLERTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a mining syndicate has acquired legal rights over the Giant's Causeway, on the North Antrim coast, enabling them to quarry the Causeway; and whether steps will be taken to prevent this columnar basalt from being quarried and broken up for road metal, or other commercial purposes.
§ MR. BIRRELLMy attention has been called to a newspaper article indicating that quarrying rights over the Giant's Causeway have been acquired by a mining syndicate. I understand that there is no foundation for the statement in question beyond the fact that quarries are being opened near Portrush some miles away.