HC Deb 24 May 1887 vol 315 c1030
MR. T. P. O'CONNOR(for Mr. T. M. Healy) (Longford, N.)

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Have the Government any information as to the refusal of the American Authorities to allow 14 families, emigrated from County Mayo by Robert Vesey Stoney, esquire, J.P., D.L., of Rossturk, to be landed in New York yesterday, on the ground that they were paupers; and, will any precautions be taken to prevent landlords emigrating pauper families without making any provision for them on their arrival in America?

THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel King-Harman) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)

(who replied) said: As no Notice was given of the Question, I have been unable to make the necessary inquiries.

Mr. T. P. O'CONNOR

said, the Question would be repeated on the 6th of June.