§ Mr. STEPHEN GWYNNasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in 1877, a sum of £300 was deposited in respect of the Galway and Salthill Tramways Act of that year; whether this sum has been retained ever since, and is now in the Court of Chancery; and whether, since the company has been and is now working to the satisfaction of the public, the money may be refunded to the company?
Mr. ROBERTSONThe conditions prescribed by the Act for the release of this deposit on a certificate by the Board of Trade were not complied with. The sum in question is, I understand, still lying in the Court of Chancery, and I am informed that there is no power to release it except upon an order of the Court.