§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the President of the Local Government Board, Why, and for what reasons, the labourers' cottages which have been passed in the district of the Macroom Union are not being proceeded with?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)There has been no delay on the part of the Local Government Board in this matter. After necessary preliminaries the Guardians' petition for confirmation of their scheme was received by the Board on the 12th of June. The sanitary officer had omitted to send with it several indispensable documents. After these had been obtained from him, the usual inquiry, after public notice, was ordered to be held on the 27th and 28th of last month, and the result will be communicated to the Guardians at their next meeting.