§ MR. GIBSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether it is a fact that the Treasury refuse to advance money in Ireland for the construction of iron-roofed hay sheds save under special and high terms; and whether, if so, he will consider the propriety of encouraging such useful agricultural improvements?
§ MR. COURTNEYLoans for iron-roofed hay sheds are made under the same conditions as other loans under the Land Improvement Acts; but as the Government are advised that such roofs can scarcely ever last for so long as 35 years, it has been necessary to require repayment of loans for them in the shorter period of 22 years—the only alternative offered by the Acts.