§ MR. O'DONNELLasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, To what extant the provisions of the Migration Clause of the Tramways (Ireland) Act have been carried into operation; what Companies have obtained money from the Treasury for the purposes of migration; and how many tenants and cultivators of the soil have benefited by migration and by extension of their holdings; whether it is proposed 807 to introduce legislation to enable migration to be carried on to a larger extent, especially from the congested districts of the south-west, west, and north-west; whether he has seen that Professor Baldwin considers that migration operations could be conducted successfully without the intervention of Companies of directors and shareholders; and, whether Government is disposed to supply funds for the purpose to trustworthy persons, such as parish clergymen and others, on terms equally favourable with those granted to Companies?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI believe the Migration Clauses of the Tramways Act have so far not been put into operation at all. I have not seen Professor Baldwin's opinion; but the Government, are not disposed to extend the Act in that direction to supply funds for the purpose to trustworthy persons, such as parish clergymen and others, on terms equally favourable with those granted to Companies.