§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he has received from Dr. Pledges, of the Chemico-Agricultural Society of Ulster, a communication urging the desirability of establishing throughout the country educational stations for the improvement of the method of agriculture; and, whether it is the intention of the Government to make provision for the establishment of such stations in their promised legislation on the Irish Land Question?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. HOLMES) (Dublin University)(who replied) said: The communication mentioned was received by the late Chief Secretary, who regretted he did not feel able to promote the request conveyed in it. The subject appears also to have been under the notice of previous Governments, none of whom took a favourable view of the proposal.