§ MR. A. MOOREasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been drawn to the resolutions of the deanery of Castlebar with respect to distress prevailing in that district; and what steps have been taken by the Local Government Board in the matter?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER,in reply, said, that the priests who assembled at the Deanery sent copies of resolutions passed by them to the Local Government Board. They referred to the distress existing, and were carefully considered by the Board; but he had to inform the hon. Gentleman and the House that the distress was not now so severe as it was two weeks ago. He was informed by the Inspector of the Board that many of the able-bodied men in the Union were proceeding to England. The Guardians of Castlebar Union had an Order in force 1651 authorizing them to grant relief under the 3rd section of the Relief Act; hut they had not thought it necessary to give relief under that Order up to the present.