§ MR. J. F. X. O'BRIEN (Mayo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that great distress prevails in the parishes of Kiltimagh and Kilkelly, in the County of Mayo; whether it is his intention to mitigate the distress in these parishes by means of the relief works proposed to be started at Black-loon and Kilbeagh in the same county; whether he is aware that the latter places are a long distance from the former two places; whether he can say how many hundreds of names the police-have given as needing relief in Kilkelly and Kilmovee, and how many have been relieved in these places; and whether, considering the numbers in need of relief in Kilkelly and Kilmovee, he will consider 1671 the propriety of starting some relief works in that neighbourhood?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.Relief works have been arranged, and are now in progress. I cannot say anything about Kilmovee at present.