§ 20. Major MORRISON-BELLasked the Minister of Agriculture if he has now taken any further steps in the promised establishment of tanks for the mussel industry at Lympstone, the absence of which has brought an important industry to a standstill, thereby causing much hardship in the district?
Sir A. BOSCAWENYes, Sir. Arrangements are proceeding satisfactorily, and the work of construction should soon begin.
§ Major MORRISON-BELLDoes that mean in the course of the next few weeks?
Sir A. BOSCAWENYes, Sir. There were difficulties about the cost of this work, and we have now received a revised tender, which is very much lower, or, rather, we are undertaking the work ourselves on an estimate very much lower than the tender we had before, and I see no reason why we should not proceed with the work.