§ COLONEL NOLANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he will permit of the immediate resumption of fairs and markets in those Unions of the county of Galway which have been reported free for fourteen days from foot and mouth disease?
§ MR. TREVELYANIn the county of Galway, as in the other counties in Ireland, the Lord Lieutenant deals with every application for leave to hold a fair or market on its own merits, and I will 201 put the case of Loughrea before the Lord Lieutenant in a letter to-night. He is most anxious to remove the restrictions as soon as possible; but he cannot as yet give any general permission such as the hon. and gallant Member asks for. A fair or market cannot always be held without danger in a Union which is itself free from disease, as there might be infected places too close to its boundaries. I may say that, under the recent Orders which have been in force since the 5th of January, foot-and-mouth disease has very rapidly been diminishing. There were 353 animals attacked in the week ending the 5th of January; 245 the next week; 176 in the next; and in the week ending the 26th, 100 in the whole of Ireland.