§ CAPTAIN COLOMB (Tower Hamlets, Bow, &c.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, What sum remains unexpended of the £100,000 granted by Parliament in 1882, as a free gift, to assist families in Ireland desiring to emigrate to do so; what sum remains unexpended of the further sum of £50,000, similarly granted for similar purposes to the Irish people in 1883; what sum remains unexpended of the £50,000 granted, in addition to the above sums, by Parliament for the purpose of paying for or assisting in the removal of persons or families from places in certain parts of Ireland to other parts of Ireland, and for their settlement there, or for other purposes incidental to such removal or settlement; and, whether Glenbeigh is situated in one of the districts to which such advantages were afforded?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster), in reply, said, that the whole of the £100,000 had been expended. Of the further sum of £50,000 granted in 1883, £26,719 16s. 10d. had been expended, leaving a balance of £23,280 3s. 2d. No expenditure had been made by the Board of Works out of the £50,000 subsequently granted. Glenbeigh was situated in one of the districts referred to.