MR. MACARTNEYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of 840 Ireland, Whether it is the case that the Local Government Board in Ireland has refused to allow the Board of Guardians of Dungannon Union to afford to the Mid Ulster Artillery Regiment of Militia the accommodation which it has hitherto enjoyed in Dungannon Workhouse during its period of training, which accommodation has, up to the present year, been allowed upon terms satisfactory' to the ratepayers of said Union; and, if so, what are the grounds upon which said refusal is based.?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERSir, I find that the Local Government Board, in consequence of the distress of this year, think it necessary to keep the workhouses as available as possible for any emergency. I hope that there is no special distress in this district; but I shall try if this difficulty can be avoided without any great breach of the general rule.