§ 18. Mr. P. WHITEasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the present position of the Boyne Canal; if it is derelict, whether the liquidator of the company that worked it has still any control over it; and whether, if the Meath County Council decide to take it over, he is prepared or will take steps to be in a position to hand it to that body free of any liabilities whatsoever?
Mr. RUNCIMANI am advised that the canal is technically derelict, but the proprietors can only be released from their obligations by an order of the Board of Trade following on the grant of a warrant for the abandonment of the canal. An application for the issue of such a warrant and the transfer of the canal to the county council would be carefully considered, but I cannot say what the liabilities of the council would be until a definite scheme has been submitted and full inquiry made.