§ Mr. CRUMLEYasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that quantities of valuable crops are lost every year on the lands forming the shores of Lough Erne owing to the floods caused by obstructions at the mouth of the rivers and streams discharging into the lake and by the lake at Corry Bridge, all which obstructions could be removed by suitable dredging operations and thus relieve the occupiers of the flooded lands from the loss they now sustain; whether this dredging is a duty imposed upon the drainage board which it does not perform; and what steps, if any, he will take to compel the board to undertake the work without delay?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe Board of Works will be happy to inquire into any definite statement as to injury to land or the existence of obstruction at any definite place, if such statement is put before them by any person having an interest in the lands alleged to be injured. The works which the Drainage Board have to maintain are shown in Schedule B of the Award of the 4th April, 1891, a copy of which I will send to the hon. Member.