§ COLONEL COLTHURSTasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Local Government Board have any means of coping with exceptional distress, as far as the able-bodied poor are concerned, unless additional powers are conferred upon them?
§ MR. TREVELYANAmple relief may be afforded to the able-bodied poor in the workhouses while there is room therein, and when the workhouses are full, they may legally be afforded outdoor relief.
§ COLONEL COLTHURSTasked if a single able-bodied person applied for outdoor relief in the last famine period?
§ [No reply was given to the Question.]