§ Mr. HUGH LAWasked the cause of the delay in providing an adequate water supply at Downings, county Donegal, for the use of the fishing; whether the Local Government Board have sanctioned the, loan of £570 asked for by the Milford District Council; whether a contract for the work has already been entered into; and whether, in order that the water supply may be available at the commencement of the autumn herring fishing, the matter will be expedited and work begun by the 1st August?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThere has been no delay in this case so far as the Local Government Board are concerned. Application was made on the 12th of May, 1910, for sanction to a loan of £150, but it was found necessary to increase this amount to £375,. and then to £500. A loan for £500 was sanctioned by the Board on the 28th April last, but the Milford District Council have not yet made application for it to the Board of Works. On the 10th June the council intimated that they required a further loan of £70, but they have not yet made formal application for it. A considerable proportion of the expenditure has already been incurred, and the pipes laid, but the question of expediting the works rests with the council.