§ MR. M. BROOKSasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether any spaces in the Phoenix Park hitherto enjoyed by the 1623 general public have been recently inclosed and set apart; and, if so, whether such encroachments or inclosures have been sanctioned by the custodians of the Park in the interests of the public?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERI am not sure, Sir, that this Question ought not to have been asked of the Treasury, as it relates to the Board of Works, which is under the Treasury. All I know about the Phoenix Park is that it is a very beautiful park, and I sometimes wish that I was there instead of here. For some years a portion of it has been inclosed with a wire fence for the purpose of utilizing the sewage of the Royal Hibernian Military School, and for a short time, I understand, an additional wire fence has been put round an additional space. There is no intention of keeping up the wire fence round it, and it is in a portion of the Park which is less frequented than the other portions of it are.